Just stumbled upon this gem

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alexandergeldhof5
Openings logged as white

I was doing some research on the Benoni, and accidentally marked 'My games - White' in the opening explorer. Turns out that of my almost 4000 games played, about 0.3% were not opened by e4, and 12/15 out of those are actually misclicks (because really, who plays the Van der Kruijs voluntarily?).

My win rates with the alternate openings are amazing, though. 12-1-2 - should switch it up more often, apparently wink.png

Are there people here (i.e. non-professionals mostly) who actually switch up their white openings? It seems of little value to me - noone is going to research you before a game and neither do you know your opponents; on top of that, the more time spent in an opening, the more accustomed you are with its strategic ideas.

blueemu

I play 1. e4 or 1. Nf3 on an almost equal basis.

Years ago, I won the Atlantic Open playing 1. Nc3.