Ilia Tsvetkov's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 237384 games
Ilia Tsvetkov, from Bulgaria, has 84 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilia Tsvetkov most often opens with 1.c4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White42 games · +14 =14 −14 · 50%
As Black42 games · +9 =23 −10 · 49%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening55%23 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game61%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game85%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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