Kari Pulkkinen's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2146604 games
Kari Pulkkinen, FIDE Master from Finland, has 604 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kari Pulkkinen most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White321 games · +136 =105 −80 · 59%
As Black283 games · +81 =120 −82 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%316 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%136 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game4%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%76 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
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