Esko Virtanen's chess openings
🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 179262 games
Esko Virtanen, from Finland, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Esko Virtanen most often opens with 1.Nf3 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White29 games · +6 =10 −13 · 38%
As Black33 games · +4 =5 −24 · 20%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening83%24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%14 games · scores 4% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%12 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c6
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