Kimmo Valkesalmi's chess openings
IM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2367332 games
Kimmo Valkesalmi, International Master from Finland, has 332 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kimmo Valkesalmi most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White158 games · +58 =76 −24 · 61%
As Black174 games · +51 =85 −38 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%88 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening33%52 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%11 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game60%58 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense20%19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%40 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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