GM Jouni Yrjola Full name Jouni Yrjola Born 1959 (age 67) Place of birth Federation Finland Profiles #1954 World Ranking 2286 Classical 2273 Rapid 2233 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (16 games) King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (14 games) Slav Defense (12 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (11 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (11 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (33 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (15 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin, Leonhardt, Main Line (12 games) Dutch Defense: Fianchetto, Semi-Leningrad Variation (12 games) Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Line (11 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Jouni Yrjola (2287) Siegfried Zoernpfenning (2063) 1-0 40 2025 Jouni Yrjola (2287) Patrick Hugentobler (2242) ½-½ 21 2025 Jouni Yrjola (2287) Nathan Birnboim (2313) ½-½ 13 2025 Jouni Yrjola (2287) Dietmar Vinke (2087) ½-½ 38 2025 Jouni Yrjola (2287) Gerard Welling (2195) ½-½ 30 2025 Heinz Wirthensohn (2273) Jouni Yrjola (2287) ½-½ 21 2025 Attila Kiss (2276) Jouni Yrjola (2287) ½-½ 10 2025 Leif Ogaard (2358) Jouni Yrjola (2287) ½-½ 10 2025 Jouni Yrjola (2305) Dr Manfred Glienke (2186) 1-0 57 2024 Jouni Yrjola (2305) Jan Rooze (2207) ½-½ 30 2024 Show All Games