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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's openings
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Sicilian Defense (31 games, 74% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (32 games, 84% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scores best
As Black
Where Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scores below ratings
Where Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
75%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
75% score
As Black
150
74% score
Rating
3300
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
31
74%
21/4/6
2958
3151
23
85%
19/1/3
2940
3218
20
65%
10/6/4
3169
3289
11
86%
8/3/0
3006
3296
7
79%
5/1/1
3026
3254
7
100%
7/0/0
2999
3399
5
80%
4/0/1
3038
3278
4
50%
2/0/2
3022
3022
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
32
84%
25/4/3
3018
3293
10
60%
5/2/3
2975
3055
10
80%
8/0/2
2966
3206
9
72%
6/1/2
2953
3130
8
69%
5/1/2
2982
3132
8
75%
6/0/2
2990
3190
7
64%
4/1/2
2967
3081
6
92%
5/1/0
2600
2933
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on Chess.com
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