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Hannu Pihlajasalo

Hannu Pihlajasalo
Full name
Hannu Pihlajasalo
Born
1977 (age 49)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Finland
Profiles
#4888
World Ranking
2145
Classical
2156
Rapid
2040
Blitz

Rating

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Indian Game: East Indian, Seirawan Attack (13 games)
Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (6 games)
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (5 games)
Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (5 games)
Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)
Black Pieces
Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game (8 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (7 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (5 games)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Yugoslav, Kaválek-Bronstein, Benjamin Defense (5 games)
Alapin Sicilian Defense (5 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Lari Linden (2146)
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2204)
½-½ 30 2017
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2212)
Jero Liimatainen (1974)
1-0 36 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2204)
Ari-Pekka Tingander (2007)
1-0 30 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2205)
Poul Norgaard (1839)
1-0 75 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2204)
Janne Tuononen (2181)
1-0 31 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2205)
Matija Ivic (2231)
0-1 34 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2212)
Ilkka Makinen (2118)
½-½ 30 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2204)
Jimmy Wikman (2036)
½-½ 25 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2205)
Ramil Faizrakhmanov (2422)
½-½ 51 2016
Hannu Pihlajasalo (2205)
Jean-Francois Nelis (2158)
½-½ 34 2016
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