Maria Velcheva's chess openings
WGM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2197547 games
Maria Velcheva, Woman Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 547 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maria Velcheva 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 White290 games · +121 =102 −67 · 59%
As Black257 games · +84 =73 −100 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%287 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%108 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%48 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...e6 French Defense4%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%50 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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