Ivan Manolov's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2234132 games
Ivan Manolov, International Master from Bulgaria, has 132 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Manolov most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White71 games · +26 =27 −18 · 56%
As Black61 games · +16 =17 −28 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%68 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%20 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e5
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