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GM Jouni Yrjola

Full name

Jouni Yrjola

Born

1/1/1959 (age 66)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Finland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (16 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (14 games)

Slav Defense (12 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (11 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (11 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (33 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (15 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Sozin, Leonhardt, Main Line (12 games)

Dutch Defense: Fianchetto, Semi-Leningrad Variation (12 games)

Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Line (11 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Jouni Yrjola (2305) Dr Manfred Glienke (2186)	1-0	57	2024
Jouni Yrjola (2305) Jan Rooze (2207)	½-½	30	2024
Jouni Yrjola (2305) Bozidar Ivanovic (2392)	½-½	32	2024
Jouni Yrjola (2305) John M Quinn (2075)	½-½	40	2024
Jouni Yrjola (2356) Zbynek Hracek (2596)	½-½	16	2020
Jouni Yrjola (2327) Ingrida Priedite (2044)	1-0	46	2019
Jouni Yrjola (2327) Ziga Brank (1718)	1-0	37	2019
Jouni Yrjola (2327) Olga Kurapova (1941)	1-0	32	2019
Jouni Yrjola (2327) Milan Kolesar (2205)	1-0	41	2019
Jouni Yrjola (2327) Julia Novkovic (2127)	0-1	30	2019

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