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Sami Hamalainen

Sami Hamalainen
Full name
Sami Hamalainen
Born
1970 (age 56)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Finland
Profiles
#
World Ranking
2099
Classical

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (7 games)
Scotch Game: Dubois Réti, Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack (2 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov, Modern Defense (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin, Leonhardt, Main Line (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (2 games)
Black Pieces
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Open, Riga Variation (5 games)
Old Benoni Defense: Mujannah Formation (3 games)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Berlin Variation (2 games)
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (2 games)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (2 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Sami Hamalainen (2160)
Semen Mitusov (2415)
0-1 42 2022
Sami Hamalainen (2193)
Jiri Stocek (2574)
½-½ 74 2018
Sami Hamalainen (2193)
Leonardo Loiacono (2302)
½-½ 35 2018
Sami Hamalainen (2193)
Mika Ebeling (2237)
0-1 25 2018
Sami Hamalainen (2193)
Eero Valkama (2226)
0-1 94 2018
Marko Tratar (2439)
Sami Hamalainen (2193)
1-0 63 2018
Deniz Arman (2366)
Sami Hamalainen (2193)
1-0 35 2018
Ari Issakainen (2199)
Sami Hamalainen (2215)
1-0 37 2017
Sami Hamalainen (2215)
Henri Torkkola (2205)
½-½ 50 2016
Sami Hamalainen (2215)
Jorma Lehtioksa (2179)
1-0 43 2016
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