Marijan Petrov's chess openings
GM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2428931 games
Marijan Petrov, Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 931 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marijan Petrov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White506 games · +248 =192 −66 · 68%
As Black425 games · +182 =156 −87 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%506 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%151 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense24%49 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e5 Open Game3%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense54%82 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense23%34 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%25 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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