How amazing that the first response should be the Bongcloud.
I expect the opening with the highest ratio of wins for White would be 1. e4, e5; 2. Bc4, Bc5; 3. Qh5, Nc6; but Black usually opts for something else on move 3 in this line.
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The one where one player believes he or she is playing suicide chess, while the other isn't aware of that fact. >99.99% chance of victory for both sides.
The opening you know very well
As usual these numbers are totally useless , especially for someone rated 1102.No serious player study is based on databases numbers.
Numbers are for those that don't understand chess.Botvinik never looked at any database to decide that the best openings for a begginer are 1.e4 e5 , 1.d4 d5 and 1.e4 e6.
Numbers do lie and are greately misleading and confusing.
I found firebrandx's answer to be inventive, logical and highly informative!!
I find databases quite helpful after I've run out of opening knowledge. I can often get good positions using them, and find pitfalls. The downside is that I occasionally get into positions I am uncomfortable playing, which is not good even if the stats are very good. You also have to realise that the stats are less reliable the fewer games they are based on.
For beginners the benefit of using databases could be just knowing that you're probably not blundering anything. If you use them you should make sure you are comfortable with the positions you'll get from them, no matter what the stats say.
FirebrandX wrote:
Michael-G wrote:
As usual these numbers are totally useless , especially for someone rated 1102.No serious player study is based on databases numbers.
Numbers are for those that don't understand chess.Botvinik never looked at any database to decide that the best openings for a begginer are 1.e4 e5 , 1.d4 d5 and 1.e4 e6.
Numbers do lie and are greately misleading and confusing.
I never claimed they were anything more useful than a curiosity at best. Please re-read the OP's question. I am answering that with the best data available. As you said, it means nothing to a beginner's growth in chess, but that's not what the discussion was. All I did was take the highest percentage moves from each turn from the top 3 most common choices. Read nothing else into it other than CC statistics.
When a 1100 player asks about "the best opening" and you answer with numbers , you are misleading him even if numbers is what he wants.He doesn't have the experience or the knowledge to understand the "lies" behind the numbers.You are a 2200+ player , you could help him by make him realise that what matters is understanding and understanding has nothing to do with numbers.
Already another beginner found your answer "inventive , logical and highly informative" although it is nothing of the 3!!! (repeating numbers of a database is anything but inventive ,using them to get conclusions about openings is anything but logical and finally the information they give is anything but useful, especially for beginners.)
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In all seriousness, as a low-rated player you should concentrate on 1. e4 e5; 2. Nf3 Nc6 and be done with it. By the time you have mined that out you will know a lot more about chess than you did when you started and it will be more than time enough to start worrying about the openings. The initial moves are simple and to the point with some obvious implications, there is plenty of scope for getting the other pieces into play in a logical manner, you don't have too many more moves to go before the tactics start in earnest and this will allow you to learn the capabilities of the pieces. Meanwhile, there is nothing in the least wrong with the line advocated and there are excellent chances for both sides.
You sure has improved a lot in 9 months.
here is the site with all the win rates:
http://www.becomeawordgameexpert.com/stats.htm
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What's the chess opening which has the highest percentage of win rates for white?