Maxim Kulaev's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 230995 games
Maxim Kulaev, FIDE Master from Russia, has 95 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maxim Kulaev most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White48 games · +13 =23 −12 · 51%
As Black47 games · +12 =16 −19 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%26 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening23%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense24%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game53%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense24%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6
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