Konstantin Popov's chess openings
IMFIDE 23971,120 games
Konstantin Popov, International Master, has 1,120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Konstantin Popov most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White568 games · +367 =78 −123 · 71%
As Black552 games · +297 =99 −156 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%553 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%197 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense23%60 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game2%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%160 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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