Maksim Zhukov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 1901658 games
Maksim Zhukov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 658 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maksim Zhukov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White328 games · +129 =46 −153 · 46%
As Black330 games · +91 =33 −206 · 33%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening53%172 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%83 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%48 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense47%77 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%53 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense18%29 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%96 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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