Petar Popov's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 206675 games
Petar Popov, International Master from Bulgaria, has 75 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Petar Popov most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White34 games · +15 =7 −12 · 54%
As Black41 games · +10 =18 −13 · 46%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense18%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game9%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
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