FinlandFIN
ID: 501107

Jouni Soppela

FIDE ratings

1,936Classical
2,056Rapid

Performance

50 games
22% Win
38% Draw
40% Loss

Jouni Soppela's playing style

Overall score:41%11W 19D 20L over 50 games
Best with e4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:47%in 19 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as White:37%in 15 games
Out of form:33%5W 3D 12L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:38%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation
20%
80%
5g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed, Traditional
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Pirc Defense has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Pirc Defense
100%
2g
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Closed
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
100%
2g
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

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

Starting position

18 games in this line · White to move

Results for Soppela, Jouni as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
22%
22%
56%
Move
17 · 94%
24%
18%
59%
1 · 6%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jul 17, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMBinham, Timothy F.(2253)
L—
Jul 17, 2025
OTB - TWIC
IMBinham, Timothy F.(2253)
L—
Jul 15, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMNissinen, Niilo Man(2209)
L—
Jul 15, 2025
OTB - TWIC
FMNissinen, Niilo Man(2209)
L—
Jul 16, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Odner, Aarni(1636)
L—
Jul 16, 2024
OTB - TWIC
GMSivuk, Vitaly(2563)
L—
Jul 16, 2024
OTB - TWIC
Odner, Aarni(1636)
L—
Jul 16, 2024
OTB - TWIC
GMSivuk, Vitaly(2563)
L—
Jun 9, 2024
OTB - Finland
Kiili, Markus(2197)
L—
Jun 9, 2024
OTB - Finland
Kiili, Markus(2197)
L—

Research Jouni Soppela’s games and opening repertoire

Jouni Soppela is rated 1936 in standard, 2056 in rapid by FIDE. Jouni Soppela plays for Finland.

Jouni Soppela has FIDE ID 501107.

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