Lajos Szell's chess openings
🇭🇺 HungaryPeak rating 2435202 games
Lajos Szell, from Hungary, has 202 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lajos Szell most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White112 games · +33 =47 −32 · 50%
As Black90 games · +19 =29 −42 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%103 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game94%51 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
Playing Lajos Szell soon?
ChessPrep shows every line Lajos Szell plays as White and as Black, where they score worst, and how your own openings cover them — then drills your answers.
Prepare in ChessPrep