Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2717328 games
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Grandmaster from France, has 328 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White163 games · +50 =84 −29 · 56%
As Black165 games · +32 =72 −61 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%129 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening7%12 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%55 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%52 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5
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