Valentin Raceanu IM

valentinra Bucharest Since 2019 (Active) Chess.com ♟♟♟♟♟

54.4%- 39.7%- 6.0%

Bullet 2407

7W 5L 4D

Blitz 2544

123W 92L 11D

Rapid 2193

7W 3L 0D

Valentin Raceanu (IM) vs aleksander555

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Moves

1. Nf3 g6

2. d4 Bg7

3. g3 c5

4. d5 d6

5. Bg2 Nf6

6. Nc3 O-O

7. a4 e6

8. dxe6 Bxe6

9. Ng5 Nc6

10. Nxe6 fxe6

11. e4 Nd4

12. O-O Nd7

13. Nb5 Ne5

14. f4 Nf7

15. c3 Nxb5

16. axb5 Qb6

17. c4 Bd4+

18. Kh1 a6

19. bxa6 Rxa6

20. Rxa6 Qxa6

21. Qe2 Nd8

22. f5 Kg7

23. Bg5 Nf7

24. Be7 Re8

25. f6+ Kg8

26. Bh3 d5

27. exd5 exd5

28. Be6 dxc4

29. Bxc4 Qc6+

30. Qg2 Qxg2+

31. Kxg2 b5

32. Bd5 b4

33. b3 Rb8

34. h4 h5

35. Kh3 Rb6

36. Bc4 Rc6

37. g4 hxg4+

38. Kxg4 Rb6

39. h5 gxh5+

40. Kxh5 Bxf6

41. Bxf6

Players

Valentin Raceanu (IM)

White

2535

+126

aleksander555

Black

2409

Game Details

Date

Jan 1, 1970

Start Time

00:00 UTC

Duration

20479 days 13 hours 35 minutes

Time Control

3m + 2s

Time Class

Blitz

Rated

Yes

Moves

81

Result

Win

Termination

valentinra won on time

Opening

A40 Australian Defense

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Performance with this opening in Blitz

Valentin Raceanu 4 games

4 W 0 L 0 D 100% win

aleksander555 84 games

42 W 30 L 12 D 50% win

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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2026.01.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "valentinra"]
[Black "aleksander555"]
[Result "1-0"]
[CurrentPosition "6k1/5n2/1r3B2/2p4K/1pB5/1P6/8/5R2 b - - 0 41"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "A40"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Modern-Defense-Pterodactyl-Defense-with-2-Nf3-and-3-g3-4.d5-d6-5.Bg2-Nf6"]
[UTCDate "2026.01.26"]
[UTCTime "13:26:38"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "valentinra won on time"]
[StartTime "13:26:38"]
[EndDate "2026.01.26"]
[EndTime "13:35:09"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/148511323628"]

1. Nf3 {[%clk 0:02:58.2]} 1... g6 {[%clk 0:03:00.9]} 2. d4 {[%clk 0:02:58]} 2... Bg7 {[%clk 0:03:02]} 3. g3 {[%clk 0:02:59.1]} 3... c5 {[%clk 0:03:02]} 4. d5 {[%clk 0:02:59.5]} 4... d6 {[%clk 0:03:01.8]} 5. Bg2 {[%clk 0:02:59.6]} 5... Nf6 {[%clk 0:03:02.7]} 6. Nc3 {[%clk 0:02:59.9]} 6... O-O {[%clk 0:03:01.3]} 7. a4 {[%clk 0:02:59.7]} 7... e6 {[%clk 0:02:59.3]} 8. dxe6 {[%clk 0:02:52.2]} 8... Bxe6 {[%clk 0:02:59.2]} 9. Ng5 {[%clk 0:02:52.4]} 9... Nc6 {[%clk 0:02:58.8]} 10. Nxe6 {[%clk 0:02:51.7]} 10... fxe6 {[%clk 0:02:58.9]} 11. e4 {[%clk 0:02:44.2]} 11... Nd4 {[%clk 0:02:40.4]} 12. O-O {[%clk 0:02:43.9]} 12... Nd7 {[%clk 0:02:39.1]} 13. Nb5 {[%clk 0:02:35.4]} 13... Ne5 {[%clk 0:02:26.9]} 14. f4 {[%clk 0:01:51.2]} 14... Nf7 {[%clk 0:02:04.9]} 15. c3 {[%clk 0:01:49]} 15... Nxb5 {[%clk 0:02:02.1]} 16. axb5 {[%clk 0:01:50.9]} 16... Qb6 {[%clk 0:02:02.3]} 17. c4 {[%clk 0:01:40.6]} 17... Bd4+ {[%clk 0:01:44.4]} 18. Kh1 {[%clk 0:01:41.1]} 18... a6 {[%clk 0:01:45.7]} 19. bxa6 {[%clk 0:01:32.9]} 19... Rxa6 {[%clk 0:01:45.4]} 20. Rxa6 {[%clk 0:01:33.7]} 20... Qxa6 {[%clk 0:01:34.8]} 21. Qe2 {[%clk 0:01:32.4]} 21... Nd8 {[%clk 0:01:29.2]} 22. f5 {[%clk 0:01:29.4]} 22... Kg7 {[%clk 0:01:02]} 23. Bg5 {[%clk 0:01:12.2]} 23... Nf7 {[%clk 0:00:49.3]} 24. Be7 {[%clk 0:01:03.1]} 24... Re8 {[%clk 0:00:47.9]} 25. f6+ {[%clk 0:00:42.7]} 25... Kg8 {[%clk 0:00:47]} 26. Bh3 {[%clk 0:00:44.2]} 26... d5 {[%clk 0:00:34.9]} 27. exd5 {[%clk 0:00:42.8]} 27... exd5 {[%clk 0:00:35.7]} 28. Be6 {[%clk 0:00:40.6]} 28... dxc4 {[%clk 0:00:31.5]} 29. Bxc4 {[%clk 0:00:40.4]} 29... Qc6+ {[%clk 0:00:30.7]} 30. Qg2 {[%clk 0:00:39.9]} 30... Qxg2+ {[%clk 0:00:29.4]} 31. Kxg2 {[%clk 0:00:41.8]} 31... b5 {[%clk 0:00:23.3]} 32. Bd5 {[%clk 0:00:17.3]} 32... b4 {[%clk 0:00:21.8]} 33. b3 {[%clk 0:00:15.6]} 33... Rb8 {[%clk 0:00:19.4]} 34. h4 {[%clk 0:00:14.6]} 34... h5 {[%clk 0:00:18.7]} 35. Kh3 {[%clk 0:00:14.6]} 35... Rb6 {[%clk 0:00:17.3]} 36. Bc4 {[%clk 0:00:13.7]} 36... Rc6 {[%clk 0:00:15.2]} 37. g4 {[%clk 0:00:14.3]} 37... hxg4+ {[%clk 0:00:13.3]} 38. Kxg4 {[%clk 0:00:16.2]} 38... Rb6 {[%clk 0:00:04.9]} 39. h5 {[%clk 0:00:17.4]} 39... gxh5+ {[%clk 0:00:04.7]} 40. Kxh5 {[%clk 0:00:19.3]} 40... Bxf6 {[%clk 0:00:02.6]} 41. Bxf6 {[%clk 0:00:19.5]} 1-0