Sami Pekka Pitkanen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2193205 games
Sami Pekka Pitkanen, from Finland, has 205 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sami Pekka Pitkanen most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White112 games · +44 =40 −28 · 57%
As Black93 games · +19 =46 −28 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%105 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening4%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%45 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense11%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense50%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense17%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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