Istvan Polgar's chess openings
FM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 2425146 games
Istvan Polgar, FIDE Master from Hungary, has 146 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Istvan Polgar most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White82 games · +28 =31 −23 · 53%
As Black64 games · +13 =28 −23 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%49 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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