Constantin Lupulescu's chess openings
GM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 25691,939 games
Constantin Lupulescu, Grandmaster from Romania, has 1,939 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Constantin Lupulescu most often opens with 1.e4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White981 games · +443 =449 −89 · 68%
As Black958 games · +317 =474 −167 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%435 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%397 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%72 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%279 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%96 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense14%63 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%257 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%68 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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