Erkki Pursiainen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 181539 games
Erkki Pursiainen, from Finland, has 39 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Erkki Pursiainen most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White13 games · +8 =0 −5 · 62%
As Black26 games · +2 =7 −17 · 21%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4
- 1.c4 English Opening31%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense81%13 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense57%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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