Valentin Iotov's chess openings
GM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2485498 games
Valentin Iotov, Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 498 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Iotov most often opens with 1.d4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White252 games · +115 =98 −39 · 65%
As Black246 games · +85 =94 −67 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening89%225 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening7%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%91 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense12%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%45 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game42%33 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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