Hans Tikkanen's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2475813 games
Hans Tikkanen, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 813 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hans Tikkanen most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White413 games · +189 =145 −79 · 63%
As Black400 games · +164 =148 −88 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%273 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%68 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%50 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense31%61 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%41 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%40 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game56%73 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%33 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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