Maksim Smirnov's chess openings
🇸🇮 SloveniaFIDE 201973 games
Maksim Smirnov, from Slovenia, has 73 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Smirnov most often opens with 1.d4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c6.
As White33 games · +7 =17 −9 · 47%
As Black40 games · +9 =16 −15 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening79%26 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense93%26 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Ne7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c657%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6
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