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ID: 540041859

Maksim Popov

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
36% Win
36% Draw
28% Loss

Maksim Popov's playing style

Overall score:54%18W 18D 14L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:59%in 17 games
Strongest in classical:56%in 41 games
Steady recent form:55%5W 12D 3L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:36%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation has the largest White sample, with 5 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation
40%
60%
5g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation
80%
20%
5g
King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Dragon Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation
33%
67%
3g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Freak Attack
100%
2g
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Unzicker Attack
100%
2g
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation
100%
2g

Repertoire

25 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

25 games in this line · White to move

Results for Popov, Maksim as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
36%
40%
24%
Move
17 · 68%
35%
47%
18%
5 · 20%
40%
40%
20%
3 · 12%
33%
67%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 25, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMFedorov, Artem Alek(2223)
D—
Jan 25, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMFedorov, Artem Alek(2223)
D—
Jan 24, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMTeterev, Vitaly(2248)
L—
Jan 24, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMTeterev, Vitaly(2248)
L—
Jan 23, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMRumyantsev, Semen(2301)
D—
Jan 23, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMRumyantsev, Semen(2301)
D—
Jan 22, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMAbramkina, Veranika(1958)
D—
Jan 22, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMBatyrov, Sapar(2312)
W—
Jan 22, 2026
OTB - TWIC
FMAbramkina, Veranika(1958)
D—
Jan 22, 2026
OTB - TWIC
GMBatyrov, Sapar(2312)
W—

Research Maksim Popov’s games and opening repertoire

Maksim Popov plays for Russia.

Maksim Popov has FIDE ID 540041859.

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