Valentin Stoica's chess openings
IM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 2457185 games
Valentin Stoica, International Master from Romania, has 185 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Stoica most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White89 games · +28 =53 −8 · 61%
As Black96 games · +9 =66 −21 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%88 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bf5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%29 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%31 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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