Hungarian Opening: Reversed Modern Defense
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5
The Hungarian Opening: Reversed Modern Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5. 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 2,108 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3. d3 (22% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.22 (Stockfish, depth 35; best line 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 354 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,374 | |
| 2000+ | 380 | |
| All | 2,108 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. d3 | 466 (22%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 414 (20%) | |
| 3. b3 | 331 (16%) | |
| 3. e3 | 270 (13%) | |
| 3. c4 | 184 (9%) | |
| 3. c3 | 137 (6%) | |
| 3. d4 | 108 (5%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 59 (3%) |
Master games
243 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 14%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Julio E Granda Zuniga (2664) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2796) 0-1 · FIDE World Cup 2013 · 2013-08-21
- GM Maxime Lagarde (2655) – GM Yuriy Kuzubov (2643) 0-1 · Euro Online +2300 Day 2 · 2020-05-30
- GM Pavel Ponkratov (2607) – GM Stelios Halkias (2585) 0-1 · European Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-17
- GM Mikhail Gurevich (2596) – GM Gregory Kaidanov (2586) 1/2-1/2 · Platonov Memorial 2012 · 2012-07-30
- IM Vitaly Sivuk (2517) – GM Sergey Volkov (2628) 1/2-1/2 · Chigorin Memorial · 2013-10-13
Search all games of the Hungarian Opening: Reversed Modern Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM Amirreza_p (2743) – NM Andrey11976 (2789) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Vic775 (2459) – ISEECOMPENSATION (2635) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Quokka26 (2622) – SacCheckMate (2419) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 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.