Peter Svidler's chess openings
GMFIDE 26824,631 games
Peter Svidler, Grandmaster, has 4,631 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Peter Svidler most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,341 games · +1,028 =982 −331 · 65%
As Black2,290 games · +697 =1,072 −521 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%1,646 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%254 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%195 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%509 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%343 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%50 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%656 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%65 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d68%64 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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