Irina Ionescu's chess openings
WGM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2128312 games
Irina Ionescu, Woman Grandmaster from Romania, has 312 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Irina Ionescu most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White163 games · +75 =52 −36 · 62%
As Black149 games · +44 =58 −47 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%131 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening2%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense40%36 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...e5 Open Game23%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense21%19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%21 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d613%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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