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Jan Ristoja's chess openings

FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2184187 games

Jan Ristoja, FIDE Master from Finland, has 187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jan Ristoja most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White88 games · +29 =24 −35 · 47%
As Black99 games · +35 =29 −35 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%
    41 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening25%
    22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%
    20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...g6 Modern Defense47%
    20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%
    9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%
    25 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d636%
    15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense2%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Bg7

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