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Jouni Yrjola's chess openings

GM🇫🇮 FinlandFIDE 2286791 games

Jouni Yrjola, Grandmaster from Finland, has 791 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jouni Yrjola most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White396 games · +151 =182 −63 · 61%
As Black395 games · +121 =172 −102 · 52%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%
    332 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.c4 English Opening11%
    42 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%
    168 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense10%
    20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense8%
    17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%
    66 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d620%
    23 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense15%
    18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6

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