Veselin Topalov's chess openings
GM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 26952,677 games
Veselin Topalov, Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 2,677 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Veselin Topalov most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,367 games · +556 =575 −236 · 62%
As Black1,310 games · +334 =580 −396 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%640 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%449 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%148 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%337 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%175 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense8%47 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%358 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%67 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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