Lajos Portisch's chess openings
GM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 24673,032 games
Lajos Portisch, Grandmaster from Hungary, has 3,032 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lajos Portisch most often opens with 1.d4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,532 games · +635 =736 −161 · 65%
As Black1,500 games · +422 =794 −284 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening68%1,029 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening19%288 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%159 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%328 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game34%227 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense10%70 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%336 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%129 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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