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Maksim Pozdniakov's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 186914 games

Maksim Pozdniakov, from Russia, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Pozdniakov most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.

As White7 games · +0 =2 −5 · 14%
As Black7 games · +3 =1 −3 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game20%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4

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