Mihaela Sandu's chess openings
WGM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2186915 games
Mihaela Sandu, Woman Grandmaster from Romania, has 915 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mihaela Sandu 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 White473 games · +211 =140 −122 · 59%
As Black442 games · +167 =107 −168 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%462 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.b3 e5 3.Bb2 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%168 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%50 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%139 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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