Valentin Popa's chess openings
🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 175215 games
Valentin Popa, from Romania, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Popa most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.
As White4 games · +2 =1 −1 · 63%
As Black11 games · +1 =2 −8 · 18%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense40%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d667%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
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