Alexey Popovich's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2093152 games
Alexey Popovich, from Russia, has 152 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexey Popovich most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White74 games · +25 =15 −34 · 44%
As Black78 games · +22 =14 −42 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%73 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%20 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game41%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%20 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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