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Joined 12 May '07 Moves 8718 Does anyone know of any statistics regarding the success of players by opening?
i.e. Ruy lopez = Paul Keres etc
Thanks.
washington
Joined 18 Dec '05 Moves 47023 I would believe their success was huge which is why they were named after the system, however, their systems are not as dominant today whatever they may be based on theories to counteract thier play.
Joined 12 May '07 Moves 8718 hi thats not quite what i meant,
I meant something more like:
Ruy Lopez = 1.Capablanca 81% 2.Fischer 78% 3.Alekhine 76% etc
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Joined 17 Dec '07 Moves 3766 morphy
KGA
24-1-1
KGD
8-1-3
(win-loss-draw)
London
Joined 04 Nov '07 Moves 4259 Originally posted by Habeascorp
1...a6 Tony Miles 1. ... e6, 2. ... a6
Michael Basman
washington
Joined 18 Dec '05 Moves 47023 Fischer had a 72% winning percentage. I would say that is dominant in all openings he played by far. He also played the Bc4 sicilian with great percentages.
Third Earth
Joined 17 Feb '07 Moves 35053 I bet Kasparov's record as Black with the Scheveningen was very high indeed!!
an English garden
Joined 15 Jan '08 Moves 32836 You'd get a lot of lower masters who were experts in their opening systems and/or played in closed rating pools, i.e.; The Grob- Claude Bloodgood III
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