Player profile

Sandu, Mihaela

Standard: 2173 Rapid: 2066 Blitz: 2120 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 1204327 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: ROU Sex: F Birth Year: 1977 Age: 49
Title: WGM Women's title: WGM Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 173 Wins: 63 (36%) Draws: 51 (29%) Losses: 59 (34%)
Dossier

172 of 173 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 90.5%
Opened e4: 55/58Opened Nf3: 2/58Opened c4: 1/58
Castled kingside: 95Same-side castling: 81Castled queenside: 15Opposite-side castling: 13Did not castle: 7
Played on the kingside: 34Played in the center: 28Played on the queenside: 25Fianchettoed queenside: 23Fianchettoed kingside: 21
Sacrificed material: 77Initiated exchanges: 76Active pieces: 74Kept the bishop pair: 67Space advantage: 66Backward pawn: 65Isolated pawn: 55Missed tactics: 35Avoided exchanges: 19Played gambits: 14
Openings

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As White 58 games 18W 21D 19L
Sicilian Defense 19 games 7W 5D 7L
Najdorf Variation 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Taimanov Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Bastrikov Variation, English Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Bastrikov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Four Knights Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cobra Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Dragon Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scheveningen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Chekhover Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Moscow Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Main Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Kan Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Knight Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Accelerated Dragon 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Maróczy Bind 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Neo-Modern Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Ruy Lopez 11 games 1W 6D 4L
Morphy Defense 8 games 1W 4D 3L
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Modern Steinitz Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense Deferred 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Cozio Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Duras Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Berlin Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rio Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Berlin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Flohr System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Caro-Kann Defense 11 games 6W 3D 2L
Advance Variation 8 games 4W 2D 2L
Botvinnik-Carls Defense 4 games 2W 1D 1L
Tal Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Short Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Tarrasch Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Open System 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Advance Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Wade Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alekhine-Chatard Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Italian Game 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Two Knights Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Modern Bishop's Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Giuoco Pianissimo 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Pirc Defense 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Quiet System 3 games 2W 0D 1L
English Opening 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anglo-Dutch Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Petrov's Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Classical Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Chigorin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kaufmann Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Four Knights Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spanish Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 60 games 24W 14D 22L
Ruy Lopez 11 games 4W 5D 2L
Closed 8 games 3W 3D 2L
Breyer Defense, Zaitsev Hybrid 4 games 1W 2D 1L
Kholmov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Delayed Exchange 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogoljubow Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Morphy Defense 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Anderssen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Steinitz Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 9 games 1W 3D 5L
Normal Variation 3 games 0W 0D 3L
Classical Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Botvinnik System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Berlin Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Kmoch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
St. Petersburg Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Fischer Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 6 games 1W 0D 5L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Wimpy System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Symmetrical Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Neo-Catalan 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Reversed Sicilian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Italian Game 6 games 4W 1D 1L
Classical Variation 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo, with a6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Italian Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Max Lange Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Defense 5 games 3W 0D 2L
Taimanov Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Bastrikov Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Najdorf Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Chekhover Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bishop's Opening 4 games 4W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Vienna Hybrid 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Scotch Variation Accepted 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Main Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Glek System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Pawn Game 3 games 2W 1D 0L
London System 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with e6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Colle System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Classical Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Big Center Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Schmidt Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Torre Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Vienna Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Max Lange Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Standard Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Panno Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benoni Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Benoni-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
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This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2023.08.24 · 39... Bd2+ (−60.7% win chance) 1-0
Mihaela Sandu
Evgeniya Doluhanova
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2025.10.13 · 81. Kf1 (−47.5% win chance) 0-1
Balajayeva, Khanim
Sandu, Mihaela
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2024.04.29 · 23. Nf7+ (−46% win chance) 0-1
Zawadzka, Jolanta
Sandu, Mihaela
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2023.02.24 · 41... Bf4 (−45.7% win chance) 1-0
Mihaela Sandu
Elena-Luminita Cosma
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