Valerij Popov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25211,180 games
Valerij Popov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 1,180 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valerij Popov most often opens with 1.d4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White594 games · +289 =188 −117 · 64%
As Black586 games · +225 =204 −157 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%208 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening32%187 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening23%137 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%142 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%53 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense15%40 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%150 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%44 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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