Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3

Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine after 1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 87654321abcdefgh

The Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 e5 2. Nf3. It is a line of the Hungarian Opening. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 681 times by this move order. White won 43%, 5% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 2… Nc6 (49% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.22 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 2… e4 3. Nh4 d5 4. d3 f5 5. c4)

ECO
A00
Moves
3 plies
FEN
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PGN
1. g3 e5 2. Nf3

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149953041%55%
1500-199911748%46%
2000+3459%35%
All68143%52%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2… Nc6333 (49%)41%53%
2… e4101 (15%)41%54%
2… d684 (12%)46%48%
2… d539 (6%)49%49%
2… Bc531 (5%)48%45%
2… Nf630 (4%)50%50%
2… f627 (4%)37%63%
2… Qf621 (3%)43%52%

Master games

80 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 12%, Black 40%). The strongest:

Search all games of the Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

Hungarian Opening 1. g3

Continuations

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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.