Marian-Valentin Nicolae's chess openings
🇷🇴 RomaniaPeak rating 18867 games
Marian-Valentin Nicolae, from Romania, has 7 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marian-Valentin Nicolae most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White3 games · +1 =1 −1 · 50%
As Black4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense100%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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