Max Chen's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2246368 games
Max Chen, FIDE Master from Canada, has 368 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Max Chen most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White188 games · +96 =23 −69 · 57%
As Black180 games · +66 =24 −90 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%169 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%36 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%23 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game8%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%66 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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