David Berczes's chess openings
GM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 23501,976 games
David Berczes, Grandmaster from Hungary, has 1,976 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Berczes most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White977 games · +331 =481 −165 · 58%
As Black999 games · +269 =487 −243 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%625 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%212 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%67 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%165 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense26%128 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%124 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%201 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%108 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%39 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb4+
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