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FM Konstantin Popov

Full name

Konstantin Popov

Born

1/1/2005 (age 20)‎

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Martinez Variation (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Open, Classical Defense (1 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (1 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (2 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense (2 games)

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Westerinen Attack (1 games)

Sicilian Defense: Anti-Qxd4 Move-Order (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Konstantin Popov (3010) Levon Aronian (3072)	1-0	61	2025
Konstantin Popov (3006) Mark Smirnov (2801)	1-0	52	2025
Konstantin Popov (2997) Qingyu Yuan (2774)	1-0	36	2025
Konstantin Popov (3001) SeyedKian Ghoreishiamiri (2649)	1-0	64	2025
Konstantin Popov (3030) Anish Giri (3158)	0-1	42	2025
Konstantin Popov (3006) Khagan Ahmad (2788)	0-1	80	2025
Konstantin Popov (2922) Zsoka Gaal (2486)	1-0	54	2024
Konstantin Popov (2913) Vaibhav Jayant Raut (2741)	1-0	45	2024
Konstantin Popov (2917) Jon Ludvig Hammer (2778)	1-0	31	2024
Konstantin Popov (2908) Mathias Womacka (2552)	1-0	33	2024

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