Heikki Salo's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2178383 games
Heikki Salo, FIDE Master from Finland, has 383 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Heikki Salo most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White180 games · +64 =62 −54 · 53%
As Black203 games · +64 =70 −69 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%162 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening4%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game84%87 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense15%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%59 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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