FM Kari Pulkkinen Full name Kari Pulkkinen Born 1966 (age 60) Place of birth Federation Finland Profiles # World Ranking 2143 Classical 2222 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Modern Defense: Standard Line (12 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (10 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern, Polugaevsky Variation (9 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (8 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (8 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (23 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (12 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Anti-Sozin Variation (11 games) Closed Sicilian Defense (7 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (7 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Kari Pulkkinen (2186) Harikrishnan A Ra (2515) 0-1 47 2026 Vladimir Hamitevici (2434) Kari Pulkkinen (2186) ½-½ 37 2026 Kari Pulkkinen (2176) Michail Vassis (2290) 0-1 44 2025 Kari Pulkkinen (2163) Cagatay Burcu (2255) 0-1 69 2025 Alberto David (2469) Kari Pulkkinen (2176) 1-0 32 2025 Kari Pulkkinen (2265) Muhd Khairil Asyraf Khairil (1522) 1-0 23 2019 Kari Pulkkinen (2265) Michele Mancin (1706) 1-0 31 2019 Kari Pulkkinen (2265) Muhd Khairil Asyraf Khairil (1522) 1-0 33 2019 Kari Pulkkinen (2265) David Larino Nieto (2434) 0-1 55 2019 Kari Pulkkinen (2265) Aleksa Strikovic (2493) 0-1 42 2019 Show All Games