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Dan Barbulescu's chess openings

Peak rating 2465103 games

Dan Barbulescu has 103 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Dan Barbulescu most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White52 games · +14 =29 −9 · 55%
As Black51 games · +13 =22 −16 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%
    49 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense64%
    14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%
    8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%
    18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game10%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5

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