Maksim Schekachikhin's chess openings
IMFIDE 23581,656 games
Maksim Schekachikhin, International Master, has 1,656 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Schekachikhin most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White831 games · +358 =218 −255 · 56%
As Black825 games · +312 =226 −287 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%420 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%105 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening14%104 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%222 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%56 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%54 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%152 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%108 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7
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