Denis Popov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 173617 games
Denis Popov, from Russia, has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Popov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White8 games · +4 =1 −3 · 56%
As Black9 games · +2 =4 −3 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5
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