The Top Chess Players in the World

Samu Ristoja

Full name

Samu Ristoja

Born

1/1/1985 (age 39)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Finland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted (3 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Main Line, Lputian Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch Variation (2 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (4 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (2 games)

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč Variation (2 games)

Trompowsky Attack (2 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Samu Ristoja (2197) Tommi Luukkonen (2330)	½-½	52	2019
Samu Ristoja (2190) Pascal Karsay (2304)	0-1	65	2019
Samu Ristoja (2197) Sampsa Nyysti (2320)	0-1	58	2019
Samu Ristoja (2197) Toivo Keinanen (2370)	0-1	50	2019
Samu Ristoja (2239) Benedict Krause (2435)	0-1	34	2019
Samu Ristoja (2197) S Tiitta (2214)	1-0	34	2019
Samu Ristoja (2193) Ilya Duzhakov (2399)	1-0	60	2019
Samu Ristoja (2239) Tomas Kraus (2442)	0-1	33	2018
Samu Ristoja (2225) Tarvo Seeman (2399)	½-½	31	2018
Samu Ristoja (2225) Mika Karttunen (2472)	½-½	33	2018

Top Chess Players

Live Chess Ratings

Recent Players

Alnura Shinbayeva

Arash Sheikhlar

Shafiey Taaha Sheikh

Knut H. Storland