Dimitar Lalev's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2337157 games
Dimitar Lalev, International Master from Bulgaria, has 157 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dimitar Lalev most often opens with 1.d4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White86 games · +37 =33 −16 · 62%
As Black71 games · +20 =32 −19 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening64%55 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening10%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%26 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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