Valentin Valev's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 212973 games
Valentin Valev, from Bulgaria, has 73 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Valev most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +11 =12 −18 · 41%
As Black32 games · +7 =6 −19 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%23 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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