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Popa, Valentin



FIDE:	FIDE Card
Years:	1987-2002
Number of games:	59
Number of wins:	20
Number of draws:	21
Number of losses:	18
White score:	15½/26 (59.62% - Average Elo: 2252.05)
Black score:	15/33 (45.45% - Average Elo: 2248.48)

Rating progression

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White draws
White losses
Black wins
Black draws
Black losses

Top wins

Popa, Valentin (2375) - Barbero, Gerardo F (2505), Belgrade GMA op, Belgrade (B41) - 1988

Popa, Valentin (2375) - Ye, Jiangchuan (2505), Belgrade GMA op, Belgrade (B31) - 1988

Popa, Valentin (2375) - Okhotnik, Vladimir (2445), Belgrade GMA op, Belgrade (A05) - 1988

Tirziu, Mircea (2280) - Popa, Valentin (2250), Timisoara op, Timisoara (C01) - 1999

Plecsko, Zoltan (2130) - Popa, Valentin (2320), Pecs op, Pecs (C06) - 1996

Silaghi, Cristina (2070) - Popa, Valentin (2250), Timisoara op, Timisoara (E81) - 1999

Popa, Valentin - ? (25)

Tincu, Radu (1½/2)

Arnason, Jon Loftur (½/1)

Barbero, Gerardo F (1/1)

Ciornei, Dragos (1/1)

Foisor, Cristina Adela B (½/1)

Geaman, Horia (1/1)

Grecescu, Gabriel Andrei (½/1)

Grunberg, Mihai Lucian (½/1)

Grunberg, Sergiu Henric (0/1)

Mateia, Benone (1/1)

Murariu, Andrei (0/1)

Neamtu, Serban (0/1)

Okhotnik, Vladimir (1/1)

Peter, Ambrus (0/1)

Popescu, Dan (1/1)

Szabo, Zsolt (½/1)

Ungureanu, Emil (0/1)

Vadasz, Laszlo (½/1)

Varaciuc, Vivian Nicolae (0/1)

Vasilescu, Gabriel (1/1)

Ye, Jiangchuan (1/1)

? - Popa, Valentin (29)

Bogdan, Dan (½/2)

Grunberg, Mihai Lucian (1/2)

Pachia, Mihai (1/2)

Tirziu, Mircea (1/2)

Argyo, Nora (0/1)

Barcanu, Constantin (1/1)

Boros, Daniel (½/1)

Bubalovic, Davorin (½/1)

Dracea, Gheorghe (1/1)

Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae (0/1)

Foisor, Sabina Francesca (1/1)

Gligoric, Svetozar (0/1)

Grigore, Nicolae Petre (0/1)

Iordachescu, Viorel (0/1)

Lein, Anatoly (½/1)

Lerner, Konstantin Z (½/1)

Maksimovic, Branimir (½/1)

Mateia, Benone (1/1)

Moraru, Marius (0/1)

Ormuz, Bogdan (0/1)

Plecsko, Zoltan (1/1)

Raut, Cristian (0/1)

Redo, Giorgio (1/1)

Sanduleac, Vasile (½/1)

Silaghi, Cristina (1/1)

Stoica, Gabriel (1/1)

Varga, Peter (½/1)

Watson, William N (0/1)

Xu, Jun (0/1)

Openings played as White (22)

E94 King's Indian, Orthodox (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O)
Average Elo: 2195
Result: 2/4 = 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: 2375
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7)
Average Elo: 2535
Result: ½/1 = 50%

B41 Sicilian, Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6)
Average Elo: 2505
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A05 Reti Opening (1.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2445
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6)
Average Elo: 2505
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2375
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5)
Average Elo: 2400
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 1660
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A86 Dutch (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2390
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 b6)
Average Elo: 1805
Result: 1/1 = 100%

D94 Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3)
Average Elo: 2220
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A44 Old Benoni Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5)
Average Elo: 2325
Result: 0/1 = 0%

E11 Bogo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+)
Average Elo: 2370
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 1795
Result: ½/1 = 50%

D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A56 Benoni Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5)
Average Elo: 2105
Result: 1/1 = 100%

B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4)
Average Elo: 2285
Result: 0/1 = 0%

D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5)
Average Elo: 2418
Result: 0/1 = 0%

Openings played as Black (21)

B07 Pirc (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2493.75
Result: ½/4 = 12.5%

A03 Bird's Opening (1.f4 d5)
Average Elo: 2133.33
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

C06 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4)
Average Elo: 2130
Result: 2/3 = 66.67%

A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2)
Average Elo: 2132.5
Result: 1½/3 = 50%

A65 Benoni, 6.e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4)
Average Elo: 2457.5
Result: ½/2 = 25%

C01 French, Exchange (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5)
Average Elo: 2297.5
Result: 1½/2 = 75%

C19 French, Winawer, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7)
Average Elo: 2424
Result: 0/2 = 0%

A21 English (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3)
Average Elo: 2450
Result: ½/1 = 50%

E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3)
Average Elo: 2530
Result: ½/1 = 50%

C00 French Defense (1.e4 e6)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C14 French, Classical (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7)
Average Elo: 2270
Result: ½/1 = 50%

A07 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3)
Average Elo: 2380
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3)
Average Elo: 2365
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: 1685
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E90 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3)
Average Elo: 1700
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E81 King's Indian, Samisch (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O)
Average Elo: 2070
Result: 1/1 = 100%

A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 1/1 = 100%

E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O)
Average Elo: 1620
Result: 1/1 = 100%

C02 French, Advance (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5)
Average Elo: 0
Result: 0/1 = 0%

A48 King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6)
Average Elo: 2280
Result: 0/1 = 0%

C05 French, Tarrasch (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6)
Average Elo: 2231
Result: 0/1 = 0%