Roman Popov's chess openings
CM🇨🇿 CzechiaFIDE 2087145 games
Roman Popov, Candidate Master from Czechia, has 145 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roman Popov most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White70 games · +23 =19 −28 · 46%
As Black75 games · +23 =22 −30 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%32 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense55%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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