Istvan Benedek's chess openings
CM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 219384 games
Istvan Benedek, Candidate Master from Hungary, has 84 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Istvan Benedek most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +18 =1 −22 · 45%
As Black43 games · +12 =3 −28 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%33 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%6 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%23 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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