Petr Kiriakov's chess openings
GMFIDE 2393613 games
Petr Kiriakov, Grandmaster, has 613 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Petr Kiriakov most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White271 games · +117 =132 −22 · 68%
As Black342 games · +97 =175 −70 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%267 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense97%183 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense2%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense66%69 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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