Kornel Szalai's chess openings
IM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 2345193 games
Kornel Szalai, International Master from Hungary, has 193 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kornel Szalai most often opens with 1.Nf3 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White100 games · +31 =43 −26 · 53%
As Black93 games · +25 =37 −31 · 47%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening67%67 games · scores 52% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%14 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening12%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%29 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense23%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%23 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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