Tapio Salo's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2189179 games
Tapio Salo, FIDE Master from Finland, has 179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tapio Salo most often opens with 1.Nf3 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White77 games · +23 =40 −14 · 56%
As Black102 games · +21 =53 −28 · 47%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening90%69 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense94%64 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.d4 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%24 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
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