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Subject: Re: best and worst openings for both sides

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:03:26 01/28/02

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On January 28, 2002 at 15:27:35, K. Burcham wrote:

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>scroll down the page for statistics on best and worst.
>kburcham
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>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/stats.htm


White's Best Openings (Based on White Win % minus Black Win %)

Position Opening               Difference %
1        Queen's Gambit        +16
=2       English Opening       +14
=2       King's Indian Attack  +14
4        Ruy Lopez             +13
=5       Four Knight's Defence +12
=5       Giucco Piano          +12
=5       Ponziani's Opening    +12

White's Worst Openings (Based on White Win % minus Black Win %)

Position Opening               Difference %
1        Anderssen's Opening   -18
2        Grob Opening          -13
3        Bird's Opening        -4
4        Anti-Veresov Opening  -2
5        Polish Opening        -1

Black's Best Openings (Based on Black Win % minus White Win %)

Position Opening               Difference %
=1       Nimzo Indian          -3
=1       Pirc Defence          -3
=1       Sicilian Defence      -3
4        French Defence        -5
5        Alekhine Defence      -6

Black's Worst Openings (Based on Black Win % minus White Win %)

Position Opening               Difference %
=1       Benoni Defence        -23
=1       St George's Defence   -23
=2       Budapest Gambit       -20
=2       Dutch Defence         -20
4        Philidor's Defence    -19
=5       Grunfeld Defence      -16
=5       Petroff's Defence     -16

Most Drawish Openings (Based on openings with the highest Draw %)

Position Opening               Draw %
=1       Bogo-Indian Defence   40
=1       English Opening       40
=1       Four Knight's Defence 40
=1       Grunfeld Defence      40
=1       King's Indian Attack  40

Least Drawish Openings (Based on openings with the lowest Draw %)

Position Opening               Draw %
1 Blackburne Gambit            12
2 Grob Opening                 15
3 St George's Defence          17
4 King's Gambit                20
=5 Centre Game                 21
=5 Polish Defence              21



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