Kari Nieminen Full name Kari Nieminen Born 1961 (age 65) Place of birth Federation Finland Profiles #8956 World Ranking 2043 Classical 2123 Rapid 2071 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (6 games) Closed Sicilian Defense: Chameleon Variation (3 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Pilnik Variation (3 games) Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (2 games) Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Flohr-Zaitsev System (2 games) Black Pieces Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (3 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (2 games) Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (2 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (2 games) Scandinavian Defense: Closed (2 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Frode Elsness (2424) Kari Nieminen (2043) 1-0 31 2024 Kari Nieminen Adrian-Simion Secheres 0-1 55 2020 Juha Hynninen (2226) Kari Nieminen (2144) ½-½ 38 2017 Kari Nieminen (2127) Axel Smith (2503) 0-1 81 2016 Kari Nieminen (2127) Marc Geenen (2264) 0-1 43 2016 Ari Ziegler (2296) Kari Nieminen (2127) 0-1 62 2016 Rolf Bergstrom (2298) Kari Nieminen (2127) ½-½ 35 2016 Stefan Schneider (2359) Kari Nieminen (2127) 1-0 37 2016 Kari Nieminen (2151) Francesco Rambaldi (2490) 0-1 28 2015 Stephen J Barrett (2214) Kari Nieminen (2119) ½-½ 68 2015 Show All Games