Ben Nagy's chess openings
FM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 2300170 games
Ben Nagy, FIDE Master from Hungary, has 170 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ben Nagy most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White89 games · +41 =23 −25 · 59%
As Black81 games · +30 =25 −26 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%85 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%34 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game10%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense5%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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