Istvan Kovacs's chess openings
Peak rating 228552 games
Istvan Kovacs has 52 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Istvan Kovacs most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White27 games · +10 =5 −12 · 46%
As Black25 games · +5 =3 −17 · 26%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening26%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense20%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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