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Hungarian Opening
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 white pawnh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 black kingh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. g3 e5

1...e5 · Hungarian Opening

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1...e5

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Black has placed a pawn in the centre of the board, gaining space and taking over the d4- and f4-squares. Black also discourages the natural 2. Nf3, as Black will simply kick the knight with a further pawn advance. 1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 is still sometimes seen anyway, and is known as the Reversed Alekhine, as the strategy from this opening is similar to Alekhine’s Defense but with the colours reversed. More commonly, White will either continue developing with Bg2, Nf3, O-O, etc. and adopt a King’s Indian Attack setup, or will strike back in the centre immediately.

Statistics

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Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.g3 e5

English Variation c4
Nf6		 to 1.c4 e5 2.g3
Main Variation Bg2
d5

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Benko Opening


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