Istvan Mayer's chess openings
FM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 1765403 games
Istvan Mayer, FIDE Master from Hungary, has 403 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Istvan Mayer most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White203 games · +78 =63 −62 · 54%
As Black200 games · +68 =69 −63 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%200 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense87%103 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game72%42 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%10 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
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