Tommi Verkasalo's chess openings
FM🇲🇹 MaltaFIDE 2178170 games
Tommi Verkasalo, FIDE Master from Malta, has 170 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tommi Verkasalo most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White93 games · +36 =18 −39 · 48%
As Black77 games · +25 =18 −34 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%91 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%47 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d647%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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