Martin Istona's chess openings
FM🇸🇰 SlovakiaFIDE 2211226 games
Martin Istona, FIDE Master from Slovakia, has 226 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Martin Istona most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White115 games · +27 =54 −34 · 47%
As Black111 games · +22 =43 −46 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%113 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%54 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%25 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
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