Openings/Vulture Defense
Vulture Defense A56
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4
52 tournament games from this position · White wins 50%, draws 21%, Black wins 29%
Moves
52 games| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qc2 | 24 | 58% 21% 21% | 2167 | 2026 |
| f3 | 15 | 27% 27% 47% | 2108 | 2025 |
| Nd2 | 9 | 78% | 2227 | 2023 |
| g3 | 1 | 100% | 2396 | 2012 |
| Qd3 | 1 | 100% | 1845 | 2018 |
| Nc3 | 1 | 100% | 1919 | 2022 |
| Nf3 | 1 | 100% | 1680 | 2018 |
Top games
| Chatalbashev, B2552–Buecker, S2342 | 1-0 | Chess Classic ELO Open 2013 | 2013 |
| Antic, De2455–Popchev, M2297 | 1-0 | XXX Belgrade Trophy | 2016 |
| Berthier, H2220–Holzke, F2521 | ½-½ | 4th London Classic Open | 2012 |
| Ostojic, N12416–Popchev, M2300 | 1-0 | Letnji Open Jezero 2017 | 2017 |
| Garriga Cazorla, Pere2445–Rossi, A12249 | 1-0 | GRENKE Chess Open 2019 | 2019 |
| Brown, An2259–Morris, J2405 | 1-0 | ch-AUS 2014 | 2014 |
| Gholami Orimi, Mahdi2513–Henning, Marvin2144 | ½-½ | Rainer Radtke Mem Blitz | 2025 |
| Kharitonov, Alexandr2538–Barlocco, C2109 | 1-0 | 5th Paleochora Open | 2012 |
| Md Imran2472–Popchev, M2154 | 1-0 | RADNICKICHESS IM 1 May | 2025 |
| Yakimenko, Alex2199–Popchev, M2426 | 0-1 | 12th Kesarovski Mem | 2013 |