Hungarian Opening: Myers Defense
1. g3 g5
The Hungarian Opening: Myers Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 g5. It is a line of the Hungarian Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 252 times by this move order. White won 60%, 5% were drawn and Black won 35%. The most popular continuation is 2. Bg2 (80% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.96 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 2. d4 h6 3. Bg2 d5 4. h4 g4)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 2 plies
- FEN
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1. g3 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 165 | |
| 1500-1999 | 75 | |
| 2000+ | 12 | |
| All | 252 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Bg2 | 201 (80%) | |
| 2. Nf3 | 10 (4%) | |
| 2. b3 | 8 (3%) | |
| 2. e3 | 7 (3%) | |
| 2. h4 | 6 (2%) | |
| 2. d4 | 5 (2%) | |
| 2. d3 | 4 (2%) | |
| 2. e4 | 3 (1%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 80%, draw 10%, Black 10%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2788) – GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2690) 1-0 · Titled Tue 2nd Jan Early · 2024-01-02
- GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2589) – FM Orest Vovk (2315) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Feb Late · 2023-02-07
- Valery Sviridov (2562) – FM Orest Vovk (2315) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 1st Feb A · 2022-02-01
- IM Dimitris Alexakis (2472) – FM Orest Vovk (2315) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 31st Jan Early · 2023-01-31
- GM Samant Aditya S (2467) – FM Orest Vovk (2315) 1-0 · Titled Tue 30th Jul Late · 2024-07-30
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- bedazzle99 (2348) – Esmaet (2359) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Hashtag_SonZo (2319) – CM Daario_Naharis (2240) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- comingoftan (2237) – oskarsd (2217) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Hungarian Opening 1. g3
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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.