Martin Petrov's chess openings
Peak rating 25561,161 games
Martin Petrov has 1,161 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Martin Petrov most often opens with 1.e4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White583 games · +267 =225 −91 · 65%
As Black578 games · +233 =206 −139 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening81%471 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%52 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%33 games · scores 85% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%249 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%15 games · scores 90% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%204 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4
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