Alexey Popov's chess openings
Peak rating 224034 games
Alexey Popov has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexey Popov most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White19 games · +9 =6 −4 · 63%
As Black15 games · +3 =2 −10 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening16%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense54%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense23%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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