Marius Manolache's chess openings
GM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 24211,491 games
Marius Manolache, Grandmaster from Romania, has 1,491 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marius Manolache most often opens with 1.d4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White743 games · +391 =204 −148 · 66%
As Black748 games · +336 =206 −206 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%697 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%220 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense22%82 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense12%45 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%226 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
- 1...d610%27 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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