Maksim Chigaev's chess openings
Peak rating 262273 games
Maksim Chigaev has 73 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Chigaev most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +20 =10 −4 · 74%
As Black39 games · +22 =12 −5 · 72%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%16 games · scores 94% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening18%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%17 games · scores 91% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7
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