Constantin Ionescu
Number of games in database: 168
Years covered: 1977 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2441
Highest rating achieved in database: 2520
Overall record: +33 -42 =93 (47.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (14)      E76 E77 E80 E92 E97  Reti System (9)      A04 A05  English (8)      A15 A10 A13 A11 A14  Grunfeld (6)      D85 D70 D93 D86 D76  Queen's Indian (5)      E12  Modern Benoni (5)      A56 A59 A57 A65	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (31)      B42 B43 B22 B40 B21  Sicilian Kan (21)      B42 B43 B41  Nimzo Indian (9)      E44 E55 E30 E46 E38  English (8)      A15 A11  Queen's Indian (6)      E17 E12  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      A46 E10 E00

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   Topalov vs C Ionescu, 1994 0-1

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CONSTANTIN IONESCU (born Sep-12-1958) Romania [what is this?] Grandmaster, Romanian champion in 1999 (=Mihail Marin).

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 168  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yusupov vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 13 1977 Wch U20 A34 English, Symmetrical 2. Suba vs C Ionescu   1-0 27 1981 Romania (ch) 31/496 D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 3. C Ionescu vs I Farago   ½-½ 59 1985 1st World Team Ch A34 English, Symmetrical 4. C Ionescu vs K Bischoff   ½-½ 34 1985 1st World Team Ch A92 Dutch 5. C Ionescu vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 22 1985 Luzern tt A15 English 6. Blatny vs C Ionescu   0-1 30 1985 Naleczow B22 Sicilian, Alapin 7. S Smagin vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 35 1985 Naleczow B42 Sicilian, Kan 8. Flear vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 17 1985 1st World Team Ch E00 Queen's Pawn Game 9. M Ruefenacht vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 15 1985 1st World Team Ch B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. Vaganian vs C Ionescu   1-0 36 1986 Sochi A04 Reti Opening 11. C Ionescu vs Panno   ½-½ 30 1986 Dubai ol (Men) A56 Benoni Defense 12. Gligoric vs C Ionescu   1-0 53 1986 Sochi E12 Queen's Indian 13. C Ionescu vs L Day   1-0 94 1986 Dubai A55 Old Indian, Main line 14. C Ionescu vs Smyslov 1-0 34 1986 Sochi 42/123 A04 Reti Opening 15. Short vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 40 1986 Dubai olm B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. Tal vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 20 1986 Sochi A46 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Krum Georgiev vs C Ionescu 1-0 53 1986 Dubai ol.(men) B41 Sicilian, Kan 18. C Ionescu vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 49 1986 Sochi A04 Reti Opening 19. C Ionescu vs Geller 1-0 47 1986 Sochi D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Fedorowicz vs C Ionescu   1-0 92 1986 Olympiad B42 Sicilian, Kan 21. Suba vs C Ionescu   1-0 52 1987 Romania (ch) 44/693 (Ionescu,Co) E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 22. Xu Jun vs C Ionescu   1-0 48 1987 Timisoara it A55 Old Indian, Main line 23. Geller vs C Ionescu   ½-½ 25 1987 Moscow B42 Sicilian, Kan 24. Vasiukov vs C Ionescu   1-0 37 1987 Moscow-A B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 25. C Ionescu vs J Benjamin   ½-½ 31 1987 Moscow (Russia) E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 168

Feb-11-06    BIDMONFA: Constantin Ionescu IONESCU, Constantin http://www.bidmonfa.com/ionescu_con... _ Feb-11-06    cu8sfan: He should write a chess book called <Chess for Rhinos>. (-: Jun-12-06    virginmind: cu8sfan: why?

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