Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu's chess openings
IM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2475902 games
Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu, International Master from Romania, has 902 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White456 games · +221 =120 −115 · 62%
As Black446 games · +206 =100 −140 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%221 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%135 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%41 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense48%95 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%37 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%36 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%131 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d66%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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