Hannu Pihlajasalo's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2145293 games
Hannu Pihlajasalo, from Finland, has 293 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hannu Pihlajasalo most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White138 games · +33 =89 −16 · 56%
As Black155 games · +31 =84 −40 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%124 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game84%69 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%39 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bg7
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