Kirill Popov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 228777 games
Kirill Popov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 77 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kirill Popov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White37 games · +15 =11 −11 · 55%
As Black40 games · +14 =6 −20 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%37 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%15 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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