Aarne Saastamoinen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2084290 games
Aarne Saastamoinen, from Finland, has 290 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aarne Saastamoinen most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White159 games · +39 =75 −45 · 48%
As Black131 games · +23 =57 −51 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%159 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%62 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%47 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e3 Bg7 3.Bd3 d6
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