Cristian-Stefan Serban's chess openings
FM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2268631 games
Cristian-Stefan Serban, FIDE Master from Romania, has 631 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Cristian-Stefan Serban most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White314 games · +136 =32 −146 · 48%
As Black317 games · +111 =42 −164 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%216 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%69 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%14 games · scores 79% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%41 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense26%36 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...e5 Open Game19%27 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%59 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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