Alexander Petrov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 200472 games
Alexander Petrov, from Russia, has 72 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Petrov most often opens with 1.e4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White33 games · +12 =7 −14 · 47%
As Black39 games · +15 =11 −13 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening73%24 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 d5 2.e3 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...e5 Open Game44%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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