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Maksim Ermakov's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2330226 games

Maksim Ermakov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 226 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Ermakov most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White109 games · +58 =21 −30 · 63%
As Black117 games · +40 =20 −57 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%
    97 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%
    8 games · scores 81% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 c5
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%
    62 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game2%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%
    32 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game9%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6

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