Best/Worst Openings For White - Chess Forums

tactician

Oct 1, 2008

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#1

Rank	Opening	White Win %	Draw %	Points per 100 games
1	Queen's Gambit	40	36	58
2	Blackmar Diemer Gambit	49	16	57
3	Ruy Lopez	40	33	56.5
4	Bishop's Opening	41	30	56
5	Benko Opening	38	35	55.5
=5	Reti Opening	37	37	55.5
=5	Vienna Game	41	29	55.5
8	Centre Game	44	22	55
=8	English Opening	38	34	55
=8	Scotch Game	40	30	55

Rank	Opening	White Win %	Draw %	Points per 100 games
1	Van't Kruijs Attack	28	25	40.5
2	Anderssen's Opening	30	27	43.5
3	Grob Opening	36	18	45
4	Saragossa Opening	34	23	45.5
5	Bird's Opening	34	25	46.5
6	Polish Defence	38	23	49.5
7	Dunst Opening	36	28	50
=7	Anti-Veresov Opening	36	28	50
9	Colle System	35	31	50.5
10	Mieses Opening	39	24	51

Shruikon

Oct 5, 2008

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#2

Huh. All the stats you've posted are really interesting. BDG is one of white's better openings yet so many still consider it unsound? Interesting.

Percyval

Jan 5, 2009

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#3

Well you can`t rely a lot on stadistics because the games may also have some mistakes or blunders, or maybe they tranposes into diferent positions ect. but it is good anyway to know the stadistics, sometimes it realy helps

chessmaster102

Jul 22, 2010

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#4

hey don't diss the colle system jk but i really like that opening.