Maksim Chigaev's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 26215,526 games
Maksim Chigaev, Grandmaster from Spain, has 5,526 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Chigaev most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,808 games · +1,639 =638 −531 · 70%
As Black2,718 games · +1,316 =680 −722 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%1,371 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%411 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%303 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%517 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%328 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense9%105 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%846 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%37 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%32 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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