Kalchev, Sa's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaPeak rating 168238 games
Kalchev, Sa, from Bulgaria, has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kalchev, Sa most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense.
As White16 games · +5 =1 −10 · 34%
As Black22 games · +14 =2 −6 · 68%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense91%20 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d3 d6 3.Nd2 Nf6
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