Ferenc Berkes's chess openings
GM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 26121,737 games
Ferenc Berkes, Grandmaster from Hungary, has 1,737 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ferenc Berkes most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White872 games · +423 =373 −76 · 70%
As Black865 games · +279 =466 −120 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%632 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%80 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%69 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%146 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense24%106 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%88 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%186 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%71 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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