Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's chess openings
GM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 27171,102 games
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Grandmaster from France, has 1,102 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White550 games · +247 =226 −77 · 65%
As Black552 games · +140 =291 −121 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%439 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%44 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%27 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%165 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game6%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%182 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%30 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
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