Yrjo A Rantanen's chess openings
Peak rating 2465850 games
Yrjo A Rantanen has 850 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yrjo A Rantanen most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White450 games · +198 =132 −120 · 59%
As Black400 games · +139 =119 −142 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%382 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%50 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening4%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%90 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%84 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%83 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%52 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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