George-Catalin Ardelean's chess openings
IM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2421542 games
George-Catalin Ardelean, International Master from Romania, has 542 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, George-Catalin Ardelean most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White279 games · +132 =77 −70 · 61%
As Black263 games · +105 =77 −81 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%165 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%106 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening2%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%56 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%31 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%18 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%42 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%32 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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