Lucas Rusu's chess openings
CM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2136372 games
Lucas Rusu, Candidate Master from Romania, has 372 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lucas Rusu most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White182 games · +76 =25 −81 · 49%
As Black190 games · +85 =22 −83 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%177 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Bf4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%85 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...e6 French Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%57 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6
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