Prepare against Victor Bologan

GM · Moldova · World #170 classical · FIDE ID 13900048

When preparing against Victor Bologan, expect 1.e4 in 91% of White games. Against 1.e4 the reply is 1...c5 (39% of games); against 1.d4, 1...Nf6 (71%). Lowest win rate among frequent openings: Slav Defense as Black, 20.0% over 55 games.

Our database contains 3,808 games by Victor Bologan, covering Apr 2003 to Nov 2026. Below you'll find Victor Bologan's most-played openings with White and Black, career performance record, notable wins and top events — everything you need to scout Victor Bologan before a game. You can open the same data in the free interactive preparation workstation, which builds a move-by-move opening tree from every game.

Ratings

Time control	Current	Peak	Peak date
Classical	2,591	2,734	Aug 2012
Rapid	2,478	2,732	Jul 2012
Blitz	2,469	2,732	Jul 2012

Performance record

Split	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win rate
Overall	3,808	1,711	1,032	1,065	44.9%
As White	1,940	980	516	444	50.5%
As Black	1,868	731	516	621	39.1%

FIDE rated record

From FIDE's official rated-game ledger (1989-2026): 3,578 rated games against 1,606 different opponents, across 190 events in 43 countries. These counts cover FIDE-rated play only, so they differ from the database totals above.

By time control

Format	Games	W	D	L	Win rate	Avg opp	Perf	Unbeaten
Classical	2,321	971	836	514	41.8%	2,547	2,624	26
Rapid	371	198	67	106	53.4%	2,433	2,524	22
Blitz	584	314	84	186	53.8%	2,432	2,516	19

Against the field

Opposition	Games	W	D	L	Win rate
Against higher-rated	971	217	344	410	22.3%
Against lower-rated	2,550	1,367	704	479	53.6%

Wins over titled players: 928 vs GM · 287 vs IM · 151 vs FM · 32 vs CM · 39 vs WGM · 9 vs WIM · 6 vs WFM · 1 vs WCM.

Tournament wins

21 tournament wins from 100 events, 13 of them outright.

Year by year

Year	Games	W	D	L	Avg opp	Perf
2026	67	38	10	19	2,277	2,390
2025	105	65	16	24	2,240	2,394
2024	102	57	16	29	2,370	2,480
2023	65	35	13	17	2,336	2,447
2022	32	15	3	14	2,363	2,376
2021	55	28	8	19	2,421	2,486
2020	1	0	1	0	1,871	1,871
2019	34	19	5	10	2,386	2,491
2018	87	37	28	22	2,438	2,503
2017	101	60	17	24	2,380	2,512
2016	229	129	36	64	2,466	2,565
2015	90	43	25	22	2,551	2,645
2014	154	77	29	48	2,509	2,585
2013	93	28	38	27	2,626	2,630
2012	212	80	50	82	2,665	2,662
2011	131	59	42	30	2,551	2,637
2010	165	85	46	34	2,562	2,685
2009	111	43	41	27	2,579	2,637
2008	111	46	51	14	2,544	2,660
2007	126	51	44	31	2,585	2,649
2006	163	69	51	43	2,586	2,649
2005	124	51	49	24	2,549	2,636
2004	130	49	54	27	2,605	2,672
2003	99	43	37	19	2,581	2,678
2002	87	33	31	23	2,584	2,630
2001	65	25	23	17	2,589	2,638
2000	87	31	40	16	2,537	2,602
1999	80	36	27	17	2,549	2,644
1998	103	43	37	23	2,511	2,579
1997	67	33	19	15	2,476	2,575
1996	73	32	23	18	2,505	2,577
1995	106	48	37	21	2,479	2,578
1994	70	26	26	18	2,494	2,540
1993	71	35	18	18	2,467	2,554
1992	81	29	25	27	2,488	2,488
1991	97	42	42	13	2,434	2,559
1989	4	2	2	0	2,543	2,543

Where Victor Bologan has played

Russia (42) · Germany (22) · France (11) · Qatar (10) · England (9) · China (8) · Spain (7) · Greece (7) · Moldova (7) · Austria (6) · Kazakhstan (6) · Croatia (5) · Oman (5) · United Arab Emirates (4) · Norway (3) · Poland (3) · Türkiye (3) · Bosnia & Herzegovina (2) · Bulgaria (2) · Georgia (2) · Hungary (2) · Montenegro (2) · United States (2) · Angola (1) · Azerbaijan (1) · Belgium (1) · Chile (1) · Côte d’Ivoire (1) · Estonia (1) · Iceland (1) · Israel (1) · Italy (1) · Kuwait (1) · Latvia (1) · Morocco (1) · North Macedonia (1) · Netherlands (1) · Panama (1) · Romania (1) · Slovenia (1) · Serbia (1) · Switzerland (1) · Uzbekistan (1)

Move-by-move preparation stats

Straight from the preparation tree built over all of Victor Bologan's games — the same tree the interactive prep board lets you walk to any depth. Scores are from Victor Bologan's side.

First moves as White (1,940 games)

Move	Games	Share	Player score
e4	1,761	90.8%	63.8%
d4	165	8.5%	63.9%
Nf3	12	0.6%	54.2%
c4	2	0.1%	75.0%

Main lines as White

1.e4 — 91% of White games, 63.8% score
- …c5 (42% of these games) — Bologan usually continues Nf3 (63.6% score)
- …e5 (27% of these games) — Bologan usually continues Nf3 (63.1% score)
- …e6 (12% of these games) — Bologan usually continues d4 (65.1% score)
1.d4 — 9% of White games, 63.9% score
- …Nf6 (65% of these games) — Bologan usually continues c4 (65.6% score)
- …d5 (30% of these games) — Bologan usually continues c4 (64.3% score)
- …f5 (2% of these games) — Bologan usually continues Nf3 (33.3% score)

As Black against 1.e4 (814 games)

Move	Games	Share	Player score
c5	321	39.4%	60.3%
g6	149	18.3%	57.4%
e5	131	16.1%	45.4%
d6	107	13.1%	39.3%
c6	101	12.4%	52.0%
e6	3	0.4%	33.3%

As Black against 1.d4 (757 games)

Move	Games	Share	Player score
Nf6	538	71.1%	53.8%
d6	135	17.8%	54.8%
d5	65	8.6%	43.8%
g6	13	1.7%	76.9%
f5	3	0.4%	50.0%
c5	1	0.1%	100.0%

Victor Bologan's chess games

All 3,808 games by Victor Bologan in the Chess.ceo database (Apr 2003 - Nov 2026) are free to browse, search and replay: filter by opening, opponent, event or date on the player page, or step through any game on the analysis board. Record: 1,711 wins, 1,032 draws, 1,065 losses.

Openings as White

ECO	Opening	Games	W/D/L	Win rate
B40	Sicilian	282	140/72/70	49.6%
B90	Sicilian: Najdorf	154	82/37/35	53.2%
B30	Sicilian: Rossolimo	98	47/27/24	48.0%
C88	Ruy Lopez: Closed	93	49/31/13	52.7%
C55	Italian Game	92	46/20/26	50.0%
B12	Caro-Kann: Advance Variation	86	42/22/22	48.8%
C00	King's Indian Attack	69	33/8/28	47.8%
B51	Sicilian: Moscow Variation	68	22/20/26	32.4%
C54	Italian Game: Classical Variation	64	29/17/18	45.3%
C11	French: Classical Variation	57	26/19/12	45.6%

Openings as Black

ECO	Opening	Games	W/D/L	Win rate
E63	Indian Defense	197	82/60/55	41.6%
B06	Modern Defense	177	86/35/56	48.6%
B42	Sicilian	166	80/40/46	48.2%
E97	King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation	121	47/40/34	38.8%
C41	Philidor	106	29/23/54	27.4%
B90	Sicilian: Najdorf	82	33/26/23	40.2%
A21	English Opening: Reverse Sicilian	57	26/6/25	45.6%
D15	Slav Defense	55	11/27/17	20.0%
A04	Réti Opening	42	20/3/19	47.6%
A35	English Opening: Symmetrical	40	18/14/8	45.0%

Notable wins

Date	Opponent	Elo	Event	ECO
Dec 2012	Teimour Radjabov	2,793	Beijing Sportaccord Blitz	D23
May 2020	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2,778	Titled Tue	B08
Dec 2012	Sergey Karjakin	2,775	Beijing Sportaccord Blindfold	A03
Aug 2003	Viswanathan Anand	2,774	31st Dortmund SuperGM	B19
Jul 2012	Vassily Ivanchuk	2,769	6th Wch Blitz	C62

Top events

Event	Year	Games	Score	TPR
Titled Tuesday	2026	582	348	2,462
Wch Blitz	2023	105	48.5	2,497
Wch Rapid	2015	58	26.5	2,624
Moscow Aeroflot Open A	2007	44	26.5	2,663
ch-EU blitz	2016	41	26.5	2,709
New York Open	2000	33	24.5	2,679
FIDE World Rapid Team	2026	33	21	2,538
ch-EU rapid	2014	32	21.5	2,505

Frequent opponents

Head-to-head records: Vasyl Ivanchuk (22 games) · Alexander Onischuk (21 games) · Alexei Shirov (19 games) · Aleksey Dreev (19 games) · Vladimir Malakhov (19 games) · Alexander Grischuk (18 games) · Arkadij Naiditsch (18 games) · Ivan Sokolov (18 games)

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I find Victor Bologan's chess games?

3,808 games by Victor Bologan, from Apr 2003 to Nov 2026, are free to browse and replay move by move — no signup needed. The preparation view groups them into an opening tree showing every line Victor Bologan has played.

What does Victor Bologan play on the first move as White?

Across 1,940 games with White in our database, Victor Bologan opens with 1.e4 (91% of games), 1.d4 (9% of games), 1.Nf3 (1% of games). Against 1.e4 as Black, Victor Bologan answers 1...c5 (39% of games), 1...g6 (18% of games), 1...e5 (16% of games). Against 1.d4: 1...Nf6 (71% of games), 1...d6 (18% of games), 1...d5 (9% of games).

What openings does Victor Bologan play as White?

As White, Victor Bologan's most-played openings in our database are: Sicilian (282 games, 49.6% win rate); Sicilian: Najdorf (154 games, 53.2% win rate); Sicilian: Rossolimo (98 games, 48.0% win rate). The full breakdown of 1,940 games with White is in the table above.

What openings does Victor Bologan play as Black?

As Black, Victor Bologan most often plays: Indian Defense (197 games, 41.6% win rate); Modern Defense (177 games, 48.6% win rate); Sicilian (166 games, 48.2% win rate). See the table above for the top ten Black openings across 1,868 games.

What is Victor Bologan's FIDE rating?

Victor Bologan is currently rated 2,591 in classical chess, 2,478 in rapid and 2,469 in blitz. Peak classical rating: 2,734 (Aug 2012).

How many games has Victor Bologan played?

Our database contains 3,808 games by Victor Bologan, covering Apr 2003 to Nov 2026. Overall record: 1,711 wins, 1,032 draws, 1,065 losses (44.9% win rate).

How do I prepare against Victor Bologan?

3,808 games by Victor Bologan reveal their opening repertoire, most-played lines, and the variations where they score worst — the raw material for targeted preparation. The interactive opening tree lets you walk every line to any depth.