Matti Rantanen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 178080 games
Matti Rantanen, from Finland, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matti Rantanen most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White35 games · +7 =16 −12 · 43%
As Black45 games · +15 =13 −17 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%26 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense14%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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