Samu Ristoja's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2202159 games
Samu Ristoja, from Finland, has 159 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samu Ristoja most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White75 games · +28 =21 −26 · 51%
As Black84 games · +15 =26 −43 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%59 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%22 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense18%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense9%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%27 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d615%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6
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