Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu's chess openings
Peak rating 2318120 games
Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu has 120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White64 games · +30 =20 −14 · 63%
As Black56 games · +28 =16 −12 · 64%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%49 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense28%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%14 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d629%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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