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Ari Issakainen

Full name

Ari Issakainen

Born

1/1/1961 (age 64)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Finland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Zürich Variation (4 games)

King's Indian Defense (3 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (3 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (3 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (3 games)

Black Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (7 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Burille Variation (6 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov, English Attack (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ari Issakainen (2126) Christof Sielecki (2405)	0-1	29	2024
Ari Issakainen (2146) Filip Haring (2476)	0-1	36	2023
Ari Issakainen (2152) Nikolai Vlassov (2283)	0-1	32	2023
Ari Issakainen (2152) Jean-Marc Degraeve (2479)	0-1	38	2023
Ari Issakainen (2152) Christian Maier (2278)	0-1	47	2023
Ari Issakainen (2185) Rhys Cumming (2224)	½-½	62	2018
Ari Issakainen (2174) Markku Hartikainen (2242)	1-0	72	2018
Ari Issakainen (2185) Jacob Sylvan (2336)	1-0	33	2018
Ari Issakainen (2202) Heikki Salo (2239)	½-½	47	2018
Ari Issakainen (2201) Ilya Smirin (2602)	½-½	64	2018

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