Petar Velikov's chess openings
GM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2350700 games
Petar Velikov, Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 700 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Petar Velikov most often opens with 1.c4 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White330 games · +121 =174 −35 · 63%
As Black370 games · +100 =195 −75 · 53%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening34%112 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening33%110 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%72 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%156 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%93 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense15%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d62%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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