Catalina-Elena Popa's chess openings
🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 187437 games
Catalina-Elena Popa, from Romania, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Catalina-Elena Popa most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White19 games · +6 =2 −11 · 37%
As Black18 games · +1 =3 −14 · 14%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense36%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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