Istvan Csom's chess openings
Peak rating 25451,572 games
Istvan Csom has 1,572 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Istvan Csom most often opens with 1.c4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White676 games · +212 =397 −67 · 61%
As Black896 games · +238 =459 −199 · 52%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening48%322 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%156 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%94 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%416 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%39 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 French Defense1%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%273 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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