Kari Tikkanen's chess openings
FM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2260133 games
Kari Tikkanen, FIDE Master from Finland, has 133 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kari Tikkanen most often opens with 1.d4 (66% 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 White62 games · +22 =31 −9 · 60%
As Black71 games · +24 =30 −17 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%41 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense52%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense26%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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