Maksim Popov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2302204 games
Maksim Popov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 204 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Popov most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White102 games · +46 =23 −33 · 56%
As Black102 games · +32 =19 −51 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%63 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%20 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 dxc4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense51%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%31 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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