Maksim Volkov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 24221,930 games
Maksim Volkov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 1,930 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Volkov most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White963 games · +496 =91 −376 · 56%
As Black967 games · +463 =92 −412 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%671 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%186 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%94 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%327 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense28%130 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game1%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game72%207 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%80 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...a60%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.h4 b5 3.h5 h6
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