Varvara Popenkova's chess openings
WCMFIDE 206068 games
Varvara Popenkova, Woman Candidate Master, has 68 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Varvara Popenkova most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +18 =7 −9 · 63%
As Black34 games · +13 =6 −15 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%24 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening18%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.a46%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.a4 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...a58%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 a5 2.c4 e6 3.e4 Ne7
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