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ID: 505811

Niko Papula

FIDE ratings

1,910Classical
1,927Rapid

Performance

50 games
12% Win
32% Draw
56% Loss

Niko Papula's playing style

Overall score:28%6W 16D 28L over 50 games
Best with 1.c4 as White:23%in 22 games
Struggles in the English Opening as White:23%in 22 games
Steady recent form:25%0W 10D 10L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:32%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack
100%
2g
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation
100%
2g
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Ultra-Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation
100%
4g
Slav Defense: Modern Line
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
2g
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line
100%
2g
Slav Defense
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

22 games in this line · White to move

Results for Papula, Niko as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
18%
9%
73%
Move
22 · 100%
18%
9%
73%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Nov 26, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Paananen, Olli-Pekka(1677)
D—
Nov 26, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Paananen, Olli-Pekka(1677)
D—
Nov 25, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Pitkaaho, Arto(2132)
L—
Nov 25, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Pitkaaho, Arto(2132)
L—
Nov 5, 2022
OTB - TWIC
Sarkkinen, Heikki(1944)
D—
Nov 5, 2022
OTB - TWIC
Sarkkinen, Heikki(1944)
D—
May 22, 2022
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Multanen, Jimi(1990)
L—
May 22, 2022
OTB - PGNMentor
Multanen, Jimi(1990)
L—
May 21, 2022
OTB - PGNMentor
FMNevanlinna, Risto(2222)
L—
May 21, 2022
OTB - PGN-Mentor
FMNevanlinna, Risto(2222)
L—

Research Niko Papula’s games and opening repertoire

Niko Papula is rated 1910 in standard, 1927 in rapid by FIDE. Niko Papula plays for Finland.

Niko Papula has FIDE ID 505811.

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