FinlandFIN
ID: 507709

Markku Kosonen

FIDE ratings

1,488Classical

Performance

50 games
42% Win
38% Draw
20% Loss

Markku Kosonen's playing style

Strong overall score:61%21W 19D 10L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:70%in 15 games
Steady recent form:63%8W 9D 3L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Korchnoi Defense
50%
50%
2g
French Defense: Exchange Variation
100%
1g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense
100%
1g
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Geller Defense
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Nimzo-American Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Nimzo-American Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation, Koch Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
2g
Petrov's Defense: Paulsen Attack
100%
1g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

30 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

30 games in this line · White to move

Results for Kosonen, Markku as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
47%
37%
17%
Move
15 · 50%
53%
33%
13%
12 · 40%
42%
33%
25%
2 · 7%
100%
1 · 3%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Mar 14, 2020
OTB - Finland
Ojalehto, Antti(1759)
D—
Nov 23, 2019
OTB - Finland
Jaakkola, Vilho(1918)
W—
Dec 8, 2018
OTB - Finland
Hall, Raimo(1804)
L—
Mar 10, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Kivinen, Jyrki(1968)
L—
Feb 3, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Rantanen, Veikko(2010)
D—
Feb 4, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Perttula, Juha(1893)
W—
Jan 14, 2017
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
FMSalimaki, Janne(2127)
D—
Feb 14, 2016
OTB - Finland
FMKytoniemi, Jyrki(2224)
D—
Nov 7, 2015
OTB - Finland
Vesander, Pentti
D—
Oct 10, 2015
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Turner, Neal(2010)
W—

Research Markku Kosonen’s games and opening repertoire

Markku Kosonen is rated 1488 in standard by FIDE. Markku Kosonen plays for Finland.

Markku Kosonen has FIDE ID 507709.

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