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Player Profile
Player:
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Sjoman, Tapani
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1990-2020
Number of games
:
96
Number of wins
:
26
Number of draws
:
37
Number of losses
:
33
White score
:
18/42 (42.86% - Average Elo: 2076.38)
Black score
:
26½/54 (49.07% - Average Elo: 2044.33)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Sjoman, Tapani - Jarvenpaa, Jari (2276), FIN-chT 1213, Finland (B19) - 2013
Sjoman, Tapani (1980) - Parkkinen, Jyrki (2135), Helsinki-ch Master, Helsinki (D00) - 2019
Sjoman, Tapani - Ketola, Ville (2124), FIN-chT1A 0405, Finland (B24) - 2004
Issakainen, Ari (2235) - Sjoman, Tapani, FIN-chT1A 9899, Finland (A80) - 1999
Lonnqvist, Henrik (2030) - Sjoman, Tapani (1974), Helsinki We HSK III Talviturnaus, Helsinki (B22) - 2016
Lardot, Derik (2021) - Sjoman, Tapani, Helsinki We I HSK op, Helsinki (B22) - 2004
Sjoman, Tapani - ? (36)
Pasanen, Tuomo Tapio (½/3)
Jarvenpaa, Jari (1½/2)
Kekki, Jorma J (1/2)
Parkkinen, Jyrki (1½/2)
Tuovinen, Jukka (1/2)
Aalto, Patrik (½/1)
Ahonen, Jari (½/1)
Issakainen, Ari (0/1)
Jokelainen, Jaakko (½/1)
Junnila, Ville (½/1)
Kankaanpaa, Matti (0/1)
Katajainen, Kimmo (0/1)
Ketola, Ville (1/1)
Khanov, Pavel (0/1)
Koskinen, Veikko (½/1)
Laakso, Harri (0/1)
Latvio, Erkki (1/1)
Lehtinen, Tero (½/1)
Lindholm, Tommi (1/1)
Luosto, Kerkko (0/1)
Mansner, Harry (½/1)
Morant, Paul (0/1)
Munukka, Timo (½/1)
Myllyniemi, Martti (1/1)
Nei, Mati (½/1)
Nykopp, Jan Michael F (0/1)
Papula, Niko (1/1)
Pietinen, Kimmo (0/1)
Pystynen, Jarmo (0/1)
Rosi, Aleksei (1/1)
Sanchez, Juan1 (0/1)
Seppanen, Ville (½/1)
Skrjabin, Igor (½/1)
Smeds, Tom (½/1)
Suvanto, Petro (½/1)
Tuomala, Tapio (0/1)
? - Sjoman, Tapani (50)
Agopov, Mikael (0/2)
Elomaa, Arto (½/2)
Patosalmi, Juha (1½/2)
Pukkila, Markku (½/2)
Aakio, Seppo (0/1)
Ahlqvist, Esa (1/1)
Ahonen, Jari (1/1)
Anttila, Perttu (0/1)
Dannenberg, Alia (1/1)
Gronroos, Matti (0/1)
Haapasalo, Jukka Pekka (½/1)
Haimi, Aleksander (0/1)
Halmeenmaki, Tuomo (0/1)
Hannukainen, Teuvo (½/1)
Holmsten, Aleksei (0/1)
Issakainen, Ari (1/1)
Jaaskelainen, Esko (½/1)
Kaki, Samuli (1/1)
Kangas, Lauri (½/1)
Kiiskinen, Arto (½/1)
Kilpela, Panu (½/1)
Lallukka, Taneli (½/1)
Lardot, Derik (1/1)
Lehtinen, Tero (0/1)
Linqvist, Grels (½/1)
Lonnqvist, Henrik (1/1)
Maki Uuro, Miika (0/1)
Manninen, Marko (0/1)
Mikkola, Sakari (½/1)
Nieminen, Kari (½/1)
Nyrhinen, Harri (1/1)
Nystrom, Leif (½/1)
Peurala, Jussi (1/1)
Pietinen, Pekka (½/1)
Pihlajasalo, Hannu (0/1)
Piho, Juha (0/1)
Pishro Dabaghian, Mohamad (0/1)
Poranen, Timo (1/1)
Porrasmaa, Timo (½/1)
Raki, Jyrki (1/1)
Rostedt, Jethro (1/1)
Said, Mohamed (1/1)
Sorvari, Jarmo (0/1)
Stahle, Sten (1/1)
Tuovinen, Jukka (1/1)
Turtiainen, Tauno (0/1)
Tyvijarvi, Juha (½/1)
Upero, Jussi (½/1)
Uusitalo, Joona (½/1)
Vainikka, Toni (1/1)
Openings played as White (32)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2119.75
Result:
2½/5 = 50%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
1973.5
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6)
Average Elo:
2057
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
1879
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B25 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2006.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A43 Old Benoni (1.d4 c5)
Average Elo:
2112
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B44 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7)
Average Elo:
2276
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2043
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2033
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B24 Sicilian, Closed (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2124
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+)
Average Elo:
1981
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2279
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4)
Average Elo:
2188
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B10 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B15 Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2121
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
2135
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A04 Reti Opening (1.Nf3)
Average Elo:
1995
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2076
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
1769
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C38 King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7)
Average Elo:
2207
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C53 Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3)
Average Elo:
2000
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
1959
Result:
0/1 = 0%
Openings played as Black (43)
D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo:
1931
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6 2.d4)
Average Elo:
2028.33
Result:
½/3 = 16.67%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
1922.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2134
Result:
1½/2 = 75%
C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
1940
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2025.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
A51 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C66 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6)
Average Elo:
2425
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A80 Dutch (1.d4 f5)
Average Elo:
2235
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B58 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2399
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo:
2175
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E60 King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A57 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D00 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 d5)
Average Elo:
1995
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A35 English, Symmetrical (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1820
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2007
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A58 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6)
Average Elo:
2022
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A59 Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4)
Average Elo:
1954
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C44 King's Pawn Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6)
Average Elo:
1819
Result:
1/1 = 100%
Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2055
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6)
Average Elo:
1947
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C60 Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5)
Average Elo:
1992
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C25 Vienna (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo:
1926
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo:
1937
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E01 Catalan, Closed (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2)
Average Elo:
1969
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2118
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4)
Average Elo:
1984
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3)
Average Elo:
1913
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2140
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5)
Average Elo:
1951
Result:
1/1 = 100%