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Ioan-Cristian Chirila's chess openings

GM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2506923 games

Ioan-Cristian Chirila, Grandmaster from Romania, has 923 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ioan-Cristian Chirila most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White468 games · +243 =118 −107 · 65%
As Black455 games · +175 =133 −147 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%
    224 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%
    174 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%
    47 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%
    137 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game36%
    79 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense0%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%
    125 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game11%
    16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6

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