Alexandru Costin's chess openings
🇷🇴 RomaniaPeak rating 190640 games
Alexandru Costin, from Romania, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandru Costin most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White20 games · +8 =4 −8 · 50%
As Black20 games · +8 =6 −6 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening15%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense100%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
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