Valentin Panbukchian's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2219297 games
Valentin Panbukchian, International Master from Bulgaria, has 297 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Panbukchian most often opens with 1.f4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White162 games · +73 =40 −49 · 57%
As Black135 games · +49 =26 −60 · 46%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening51%83 games · scores 64% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%76 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense57%39 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...e6 French Defense31%21 games · scores 12% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense56%27 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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