Peter Svidler's chess openings
Peak rating 274079 games
Peter Svidler has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Peter Svidler most often opens with 1.e4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +10 =18 −13 · 46%
As Black38 games · +7 =18 −13 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening32%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening22%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game17%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 h5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nbc3 c6 3.e4 b6
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