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Antti Pihlajasalo's chess openings

IM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2434251 games

Antti Pihlajasalo, International Master from Finland, has 251 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Antti Pihlajasalo most often opens with 1.e4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White138 games · +51 =62 −25 · 59%
As Black113 games · +40 =42 −31 · 54%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening55%
    76 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening36%
    50 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 Be7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game76%
    65 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense6%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game69%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense23%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.dxe6 fxe6
  3. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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