Maxim Matlakov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25964,090 games
Maxim Matlakov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 4,090 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maxim Matlakov most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,051 games · +1,141 =577 −333 · 70%
As Black2,039 games · +839 =728 −472 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%908 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%331 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%282 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%398 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%374 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%56 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%391 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%220 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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