FinlandFIN
ID: 506397

Erkki Pursiainen

FIDE ratings

1,815Classical
1,837Rapid

Performance

50 games
26% Win
16% Draw
58% Loss

Erkki Pursiainen's playing style

Overall score:34%13W 8D 29L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:6%in 16 games
Out of form:23%3W 3D 14L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation has the largest White sample, with 4 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation
50%
50%
4g
Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation
100%
2g
Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Benoni Defense has the largest Black sample, with 6 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Benoni Defense
33%
67%
6g
French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation
100%
2g
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Pawn Center Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

23 games in this line · White to move

Results for Pursiainen, Erkki as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
13%
17%
70%
Move
16 · 70%
13%
88%
7 · 30%
43%
29%
29%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Feb 8, 2020
OTB - Finland
Agopov, Vladimir(1981)
L—
Feb 8, 2020
OTB - Finland
Agopov, Vladimir(1981)
L—
Nov 23, 2019
OTB - Finland
Lallukka, Taneli(1893)
L—
Nov 23, 2019
OTB - Finland
Lallukka, Taneli(1893)
L—
Apr 6, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Nurmela, Janne(1848)
W—
Apr 6, 2019
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Nurmela, Janne(1848)
W—
Sep 15, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Pitkanen, Ari(1946)
D—
Sep 15, 2018
OTB - LumbrasGigaBase
Pitkanen, Ari(1946)
D—
Jul 18, 2017
OTB - MillionBase2.9
FMVirtanen, Teemu(2272)
L—
Jul 18, 2017
OTB - MillionBase2.9
FMVirtanen, Teemu(2272)
L—

Research Erkki Pursiainen’s games and opening repertoire

Erkki Pursiainen is rated 1815 in standard, 1837 in rapid by FIDE. Erkki Pursiainen plays for Finland.

Erkki Pursiainen has FIDE ID 506397.

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