Valentin Raceanu's chess openings
IM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2422199 games
Valentin Raceanu, International Master from Romania, has 199 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Raceanu most often opens with 1.d4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White96 games · +38 =37 −21 · 59%
As Black103 games · +33 =34 −36 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening95%91 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%51 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense12%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
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