Uku Valner's chess openings
FM🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 2318187 games
Uku Valner, FIDE Master from Estonia, has 187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Uku Valner most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White101 games · +33 =16 −52 · 41%
As Black86 games · +31 =13 −42 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%89 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense88%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense9%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
- 1...e5 Open Game3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense88%29 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...b6 English Defense6%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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