Alexandru Manea's chess openings
IM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2255917 games
Alexandru Manea, International Master from Romania, has 917 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandru Manea most often opens with 1.d4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White463 games · +198 =166 −99 · 61%
As Black454 games · +130 =180 −144 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%181 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%160 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening11%53 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%76 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense16%33 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense11%24 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%81 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%49 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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