BulgariaBUL
ID: 2925281

Ivan Popov

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

25 games
8% Win
52% Draw
40% Loss

Ivan Popov's playing style

Overall score:34%2W 13D 10L over 25 games
Steady recent form:38%2W 11D 7L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:52%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line has the largest White sample, with 1 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Gurgenidze Variation
100%
1g
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation, Three Knights Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Normal
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation has the largest Black sample, with 1 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: French Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack
100%
1g
Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game
100%
1g

Repertoire

13 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

13 games in this line · White to move

Results for Popov, Ivan as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
8%
69%
23%
Move
12 · 92%
8%
67%
25%
1 · 8%
100%

Game History

(25 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Apr 22, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Vlahovic, Ljubo(2104)
D—
Apr 22, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Labus, Vladislav(1919)
L—
Nov 9, 2012
OTB - BenBase
FMSmirnov, Timofey(1949)
W—
Mar 12, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
Kurnosov, Igor(2538)
L—
Mar 11, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
GMAndreikin, Dmitry(2472)
D—
Mar 10, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
GMTimofeev, Artyom(2619)
L—
Mar 9, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
FMIljin, Stanislav(2357)
L—
Mar 8, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
GMKhairullin, Ildar(2507)
W—
Mar 7, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
GMNepomniachtchi, Ian(2483)
L—
Mar 6, 2005
OTB - Codekiddy
IMKuznetsov, Viktor(2416)
D—

Research Ivan Popov’s games and opening repertoire

Ivan Popov plays for Bulgaria.

Ivan Popov has FIDE ID 2925281.

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