Maxim Ivanov's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2215339 games
Maxim Ivanov, Candidate Master from Russia, has 339 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maxim Ivanov most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White167 games · +94 =16 −57 · 61%
As Black172 games · +68 =13 −91 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%140 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening10%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f3 Bd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%45 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense35%29 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6 3.dxc6 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%23 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense47%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7
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