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ID: 504955

Samuli Nieminen

FIDE ratings

2,146Classical

Performance

50 games
24% Win
56% Draw
20% Loss

Samuli Nieminen's playing style

Overall score:52%12W 28D 10L over 50 games
Dominates 1.d4 as White:63%in 31 games
Out of form:40%4W 8D 8L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:56%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Queen's Gambit Declined has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
4g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g
Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Petrosian System
100%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Catalan Opening has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Catalan Opening
50%
50%
4g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

31 games in this line · White to move

Results for Nieminen, Samuli as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
32%
61%
6%
Move
31 · 100%
32%
61%
6%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Sep 5, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Asikainen, Eeli(2162)
D—
Sep 5, 2025
OTB - TWIC
Asikainen, Eeli(2162)
D—
Oct 6, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Pitkaaho, Arto(2123)
L—
Oct 6, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Pitkaaho, Arto(2110)
L—
Oct 5, 2024
OTB - TWIC
FMNevanlinna, Risto(2223)
L—
Oct 5, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Salonen, Mikko(2037)
W—
Oct 5, 2024
OTB - TWIC
FMNevanlinna, Risto(2182)
L—
Oct 5, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Salonen, Mikko(2037)
W—
Nov 20, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
FMLehtivaara, Petri(2258)
D—
Nov 20, 2021
OTB - PGNMentor
FMLehtivaara, Petri(2258)
D—

Research Samuli Nieminen’s games and opening repertoire

Samuli Nieminen is rated 2146 in standard by FIDE. Samuli Nieminen plays for Finland.

Samuli Nieminen has FIDE ID 504955.

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