Mihai Ionescu's chess openings
IM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2224390 games
Mihai Ionescu, International Master from Romania, has 390 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mihai Ionescu most often opens with 1.Nf3 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White185 games · +65 =45 −75 · 47%
As Black205 games · +59 =60 −86 · 43%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening54%100 games · scores 51% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%49 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%29 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%38 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%33 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense12%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%44 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
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