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Player:
(Eg:
Carlsen,Magnus
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Popescu, Cristian
FIDE
:
FIDE Card
Years
:
1992-2001
Number of games
:
108
Number of wins
:
31
Number of draws
:
49
Number of losses
:
28
White score
:
29/53 (54.72% - Average Elo: 2307.96)
Black score
:
26½/55 (48.18% - Average Elo: 2319.84)
Rating progression
Games
White wins
White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses
Top wins
Popescu, Cristian (2340) - Abibula, Aytechin (2350), ROM-chT, Romania (C42) - 1992
Popescu, Cristian (2285) - Aronian, Levon (2330), Bucharest Dreptatea, Bucharest (C10) - 1995
Popescu, Cristian (2285) - Doroshenko, Maxim (2270), ROM-chT, Romania (B13) - 1994
Miulescu, Gabriel (2415) - Popescu, Cristian (2285), Bucharest PBP, Bucharest (B78) - 1995
Sanduleac, Vasile (2400) - Popescu, Cristian (2285), Bucharest PBP, Bucharest (B52) - 1995
Popescu, Daniel Dorin (2400) - Popescu, Cristian (2290), Bucharest Candidatilor, Bucharest (A00) - 1996
Popescu, Cristian - ? (46)
Milu, Romeo Sorin (1½/3)
Ghinda, Mihail Viorel (½/2)
Glodeanu, Ion (½/2)
Iankowski, Roman (0/2)
Osman, Mihai (1/2)
Tomescu, Vlad (1/2)
Abibula, Aytechin (1/1)
Apostoae, Lacramioara Liliana (½/1)
Aronian, Levon (1/1)
Babici, Roman (1/1)
Bach, Gino (1/1)
Baciu, Anca Otilia (1/1)
Biro, Sandor (½/1)
Botvinnik, Ilia (0/1)
Brajovic, Radovan (0/1)
Breahna, Radu (½/1)
Chernov, Vadim A (0/1)
Covlea, Vlad (1/1)
Doroshenko, Maxim (1/1)
Dovramadjiev, Tihomir (1/1)
Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae (½/1)
Florean, Andrei (1/1)
Gilbert, Christophe (1/1)
Grigore, George Gabriel (½/1)
Grunberg, Florin (1/1)
Grunberg, Sergiu Henric (½/1)
Hristodorescu, Daniel (0/1)
Iankowski, Anatoli (1/1)
Ionescu, Doru Alexandru (0/1)
Lung, Liviu Catalin (1/1)
Mateuta, Gabriel (0/1)
Moldovan, Daniel (0/1)
Moldoveanu, Emil (1/1)
Munteanu, Alexandru (½/1)
Partac, Elena (½/1)
Pavlov, Mircea Sergiu (0/1)
Pessi, Emil George (1/1)
Podgurkii, Stepan (½/1)
Popescu, Petre Bogdan (1/1)
Slovineanu, Viacheslav (0/1)
Teodorescu, Margareta (½/1)
Tugui, Adrian (1/1)
Tuta, Octavian (1/1)
Vajda, Albert (½/1)
Vajda, Levente (½/1)
Zajarnyi, Anatolyi (½/1)
? - Popescu, Cristian (51)
Istrate, Bogdan (1/2)
Milu, Romeo Sorin (½/2)
Popescu, Daniel Dorin (1/2)
Vajda, Szidonia (1/2)
Baciu, Stefan (0/1)
Badea, Bela (0/1)
Bagonyai, Attila (½/1)
Bogdan, Dan (1/1)
Burnoiu, Nicolae Costel (½/1)
Dinu, George Daniel (1/1)
Doroshenko, Maxim (0/1)
Erneste, Inguna (½/1)
Florean, Andrei (½/1)
Gilbert, Christophe (½/1)
Glodeanu, Ion (½/1)
Goczo, Melinda (½/1)
Grigore, George Gabriel (0/1)
Grunberg, Mihai Lucian (0/1)
Hristodorescu, Daniel (½/1)
Iordachescu, Viorel (0/1)
Iosif, Marcel (1/1)
Jianu, Vlad Cristian (0/1)
Khachiyan, Melikset (0/1)
Klinova, Masha (½/1)
Lutu, Manuel Catalin (1/1)
Marin, Irina Luiza (½/1)
Miulescu, Gabriel (1/1)
Moldovan, Daniel (½/1)
Moraru, Marius (0/1)
Mosnegutu, Mariana (½/1)
Munteanu, Alexandru (1/1)
Musat, Adrian (½/1)
Nicolescu, Dumitru (0/1)
Nicula, Marius (0/1)
Pasarelu, Dan (1/1)
Pessi, Emil George (½/1)
Podgursky, Sten (½/1)
Pop, Valentin (1/1)
Racasan, Sebastian (½/1)
Sanduleac, Vasile (1/1)
Schmidt, Raul (½/1)
Seder, Nicolae (1/1)
Serdean, Pavel Dorin (½/1)
Szuhanek, Ranko (½/1)
Tincu, Radu (½/1)
Tomescu, Vlad (½/1)
Ungur, Ovidiu (1/1)
Vajda, Albert (0/1)
Vasiesiu, Dan (½/1)
Veneteanu, Ion Cristian (0/1)
Zetocha, Claudiu (1/1)
Openings played as White (42)
B32 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)
Average Elo:
2291.67
Result:
2½/4 = 62.5%
B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4)
Average Elo:
2258.33
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5)
Average Elo:
2301.67
Result:
2/3 = 66.67%
C42 Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2227.5
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B33 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4)
Average Elo:
2145
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B27 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/2 = 50%
B02 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2460
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2390
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation (1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2210
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C48 Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B72 Sicilian, Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2415
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2330
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B45 Sicilian, Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C41 Philidor Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) (1.d4 d6)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (1.e4)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A50 Queen's Pawn Game (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D06 Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2395
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4)
Average Elo:
2135
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B01 Scandinavian (1.e4 d5)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E97 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6)
Average Elo:
2265
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C56 Two Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C51 Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 )
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B03 Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4)
Average Elo:
2110
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O)
Average Elo:
2440
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B06 Robatsch (1.e4 g6)
Average Elo:
2455
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C12 French, McCutcheon (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
1/1 = 100%
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
1/1 = 100%
C80 Ruy Lopez, Open (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo:
2420
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo:
2480
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2180
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
2202
Result:
½/1 = 50%
Openings played as Black (40)
C18 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3)
Average Elo:
2386.25
Result:
1/4 = 25%
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2)
Average Elo:
2277
Result:
2½/3 = 83.33%
E20 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2230.33
Result:
1/3 = 33.33%
B22 Sicilian, Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3)
Average Elo:
2335
Result:
2/2 = 100%
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6)
Average Elo:
2430
Result:
½/2 = 25%
B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
2/2 = 100%
C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2375
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo:
2297.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
C07 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5)
Average Elo:
2367.5
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A09 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)
Average Elo:
2355
Result:
½/2 = 25%
C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5)
Average Elo:
2273
Result:
1/2 = 50%
A26 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6)
Average Elo:
2205
Result:
0/1 = 0%
A12 English with b3 (1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7)
Average Elo:
2290
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4)
Average Elo:
2220
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5)
Average Elo:
2240
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo:
2320
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O)
Average Elo:
2445
Result:
0/1 = 0%
C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2325
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A20 English (1.c4 e5)
Average Elo:
2490
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/1 = 100%
E41 Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5)
Average Elo:
2255
Result:
0/1 = 0%
D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5)
Average Elo:
2200
Result:
1/1 = 100%
A00 Uncommon Opening (1.g4, a3, h3, etc.)
Average Elo:
2400
Result:
1/1 = 100%
D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
Average Elo:
2260
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3)
Average Elo:
2345
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)
Average Elo:
2385
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C11 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6)
Average Elo:
2485
Result:
0/1 = 0%
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6)
Average Elo:
2295
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B50 Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6)
Average Elo:
2315
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C15 French, Winawer (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4)
Average Elo:
2250
Result:
½/1 = 50%
C10 French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2270
Result:
½/1 = 50%
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2225
Result:
0/1 = 0%
E17 Queen's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7)
Average Elo:
2350
Result:
½/1 = 50%
B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7)
Average Elo:
0
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E92 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5)
Average Elo:
2303
Result:
½/1 = 50%
A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo:
2261
Result:
½/1 = 50%
E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3)
Average Elo:
2185
Result:
½/1 = 50%