David Petrosian's chess openings
Peak rating 230937 games
David Petrosian has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Petrosian most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +8 =7 −5 · 57%
As Black17 games · +2 =4 −11 · 24%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.b4 Polish Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense69%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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