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Ratings, openings, black and white

Ratings, openings, black and white

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Hi all,

Just been browsing the RHP games explorer:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/gamesexplorer (is there a direct link somewhere?)

...and from my stats it seems that it makes very little difference to the result of the game whether I play black or white, or whether I play my beloved Grob or a "proper" opening.

Is this just me, or, if not, is there some kind of rating ceiling above which things like opening choice and piece colour start to make a difference?

Here's the stats (W/D/L)...

With white (310 games):
55% / 6% / 39%

With black (325 games):
54% / 6% / 40%

With the white pieces...

1. e4 (88 games)
53% / 7% / 40%

1. g4?! (50 games)
52% / 6% / 42%

1. d4 (52 games)
46% / 10% / 44%


My rating usually fluctuates between 1600 and 1700 with the occasional trip outside this range.

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yes there is some rating where eventually it makes some amount of difference. I don`t know how much though or how high a rating but maybe 2400 rating folks start to notice it. That is an invented number that 2400 but its what I predict sorta aproximately.This makes me think of grandmasters drawing a large percentage of their games I don`t think it means they are chickens I just think it means they blunder less than average folks.

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Originally posted by National Master Dale
I don`t think it means they are chickens I just think it means they blunder less than average folks.
What about the average grandmaster?

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Weird...the first thing I notice when looking at the gamesexplorer is that against 1.e4, 1...e5 was played almost twice as oftem as c5. Isn't that a little strange?

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Originally posted by Ropespierre
Weird...the first thing I notice when looking at the gamesexplorer is that against 1.e4, 1...e5 was played almost twice as oftem as c5. Isn't that a little strange?
Not necessarily, I believe you're looking at the 1400+ games. That's the database of games from redhotpawn where both players were rated at least 1400. I think at lower levels 1. ... e5 is much more common than 1. ... c5.

There are links on the blue bar at the top for games from redhotpawn for 1900+ players and also a nice database of master level games.

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What happened to the 12:02 reply?

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Originally posted by Ropespierre
Weird...the first thing I notice when looking at the gamesexplorer is that against 1.e4, 1...e5 was played almost twice as oftem as c5. Isn't that a little strange?
that just means the average player IS a chicken and wants to draw with ruy. 🙂

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Mayfield?

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Mayfield?
yep. been 10 years.

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RIP

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