Toivo Salo's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 218929 games
Toivo Salo, FIDE Master from Finland, has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Toivo Salo most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White6 games · +1 =1 −4 · 25%
As Black23 games · +4 =6 −13 · 30%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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