Player profile

Sammalvuo, Tapani

Standard: 2355 Rapid: 2432 Blitz: 2505 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 501115 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: FIN Sex: M Birth Year: 1975 Age: 51
Title: IM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 24 Wins: 4 (17%) Draws: 10 (42%) Losses: 10 (42%)
Dossier

24 of 24 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.4%
Opened d4: 9/9
Castled kingside: 18Same-side castling: 18Did not castle: 1Castled queenside: 1
Played in the center: 8Played on the kingside: 8Played on the queenside: 4Fianchettoed kingside: 3Fianchettoed queenside: 1
Kept the bishop pair: 13Active pieces: 13Space advantage: 10Isolated pawn: 10Initiated exchanges: 10Backward pawn: 9Avoided exchanges: 7Sacrificed material: 7Accepted short draws: 3Missed tactics: 2
Openings

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As White 9 games 2W 5D 2L
Queen's Gambit Declined 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Ragozin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alekhine Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Cambridge Springs Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Orthodox Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ukrainian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Dutch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Open Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Vitolins Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 11 games 1W 4D 6L
Petrov's Defense 5 games 1W 2D 2L
Modern Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Center Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Millennium Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kaufmann Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Karklins-Martinovsky Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Four Knights Game 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Spanish Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Janowski Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Glek System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Semi-Tarrasch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Harrwitz Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Charousek Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 94

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2024.10.20 · 114... Qxe4 (−37.1% win chance) 1-0
Sammalvuo, Tapani
Maurizzi, MarcAndria
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2025.10.13 · 39... Qa4 (−31.8% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Sammalvuo, Tapani
O`Gorman, Alice
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2025.10.13 · 29... Be5 (−31.6% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Sammalvuo, Tapani
O`Gorman, Alice
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2023.11.18 · 38... Rf8 (−31.2% win chance) 1-0
Sammalvuo, Tapani
Poulsen, Martin
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Games Showing all 24 games
Date Event Round Color Opponent Result Accuracy % First moves