Timo Saarinen's chess openings
🇫🇮 Finland35 games
Timo Saarinen, from Finland, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Timo Saarinen most often opens with 1.e4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White18 games · +6 =6 −6 · 50%
As Black17 games · +6 =0 −11 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening28%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...e5 Open Game22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense43%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
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