Michal Popiol's chess openings
CM🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2179134 games
Michal Popiol, Candidate Master from Poland, has 134 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michal Popiol most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White71 games · +28 =17 −26 · 51%
As Black63 games · +22 =5 −36 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%53 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense42%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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