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Dimitar Marholev's chess openings

IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2101781 games

Dimitar Marholev, International Master from Bulgaria, has 781 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dimitar Marholev most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White396 games · +138 =166 −92 · 56%
As Black385 games · +119 =150 −116 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%
    269 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%
    62 games · scores 39% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%
    49 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game88%
    173 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%
    15 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%
    84 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...Nc614%
    19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game8%
    10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5

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