Emil Stefanov's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2335407 games
Emil Stefanov, International Master from Bulgaria, has 407 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Emil Stefanov most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White207 games · +88 =59 −60 · 57%
As Black200 games · +69 =54 −77 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%172 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%24 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game32%32 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%31 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%43 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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