Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6
The Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6. 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 5,564 times by this move order. White won 48%, 6% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 3. d3 (21% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1,396 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3,086 | |
| 2000+ | 1,082 | |
| All | 5,564 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. d3 | 1,171 (21%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 1,062 (19%) | |
| 3. b3 | 879 (16%) | |
| 3. e3 | 704 (13%) | |
| 3. d4 | 500 (9%) | |
| 3. c4 | 354 (6%) | |
| 3. c3 | 304 (5%) | |
| 3. e4 | 138 (2%) |
Master games
1,181 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 19%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2857) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2754) 1-0 · chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016 · 2016-08-23
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) – GM Vincent Keymer (2738) 1-0 · Titled Tue 19th Mar Early · 2024-03-19
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2810) – GM Alexey Sarana (2683) 1-0 · Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026 · 2026-03-03
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2721) 1-0 · Titled Tue 20th Sep Early · 2022-09-20
- GM Mateusz Bartel (2641) – GM Levon Aronian (2815) 0-1 · FIDE World Blitz 2014 · 2014-06-19
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Asabiyaa (2710) – Ali_valizadeh (2607) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Pblu35 (2663) – FM Artem_chess01 (2603) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Quokka26 (2605) – CoachsinneD (2587) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 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.