Popov, Il's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 202547 games
Popov, Il, from Bulgaria, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Popov, Il most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White24 games · +16 =1 −7 · 69%
As Black23 games · +10 =7 −6 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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