Hannu Salmela's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 204176 games
Hannu Salmela, from Finland, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hannu Salmela most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White29 games · +7 =5 −17 · 33%
As Black47 games · +11 =10 −26 · 34%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%26 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack7%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 e6 3.d3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Ne2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense15%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense50%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.f3 Nf6
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