Maksim Petrov's chess openings
Peak rating 173058 games
Maksim Petrov has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Petrov most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White26 games · +8 =5 −13 · 40%
As Black32 games · +8 =8 −16 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%14 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game94%15 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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