Jyrki Salonen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandPeak rating 236560 games
Jyrki Salonen, from Finland, has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jyrki Salonen most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +10 =13 −6 · 57%
As Black31 games · +7 =11 −13 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense44%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense50%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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