Petar Drenchev's chess openings
GM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2321624 games
Petar Drenchev, Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 624 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Petar Drenchev most often opens with 1.d4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White317 games · +176 =101 −40 · 71%
As Black307 games · +124 =112 −71 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%124 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening36%114 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening14%43 games · scores 77% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%78 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%34 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%104 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
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