Emil Szalanczy's chess openings
IM🇭🇺 HungaryFIDE 18311,424 games
Emil Szalanczy, International Master from Hungary, has 1,424 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Emil Szalanczy most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White783 games · +339 =229 −215 · 58%
As Black641 games · +203 =187 −251 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%742 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%352 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense1%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%102 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense31%48 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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