Constantin Ionescu's chess openings
🇷🇴 RomaniaPeak rating 2545748 games
Constantin Ionescu, from Romania, has 748 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Constantin Ionescu most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White362 games · +107 =220 −35 · 60%
As Black386 games · +83 =228 −75 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%261 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening14%49 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%45 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%145 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense14%30 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%28 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%112 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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