Istvan Pongo's chess openings
🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 176221 games
Istvan Pongo, from Hungary, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Istvan Pongo most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White12 games · +3 =3 −6 · 38%
As Black9 games · +1 =2 −6 · 22%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening42%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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