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mlb62

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14 Jul 21 22:55

mlb62

Joined: 20 May 17
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14 Jul 21 22:55

This RHP database has some cool information...(it contains over 10 1/2 million games). The move played most often 1.e4 doesn't have the best win ratio.... Both 1.d4 and 1.c4 share this top spot. Then comes, believe it or not, 1. f4 and 1. Nf3. If you're looking to play the worst first move, it's 1.Na3 ..

Eladar

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14 Jul 21 23:08

1.f4 may just reflect that people are more likely to play it if they are much better than the opponent.

At one time the drunk king opening had a great winning percentage at rhp.

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15 Jul 21 07:00

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mlb62

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15 Jul 21 07:36

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with a little digging around in the Games explorer, you can see which RHP player uses 1.f4 the most......
off topic...wasn't Simon Webb the Englishman who was killed by his son ?

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15 Jul 21 07:40

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Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

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15 Jul 21 07:45

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@ogb said
This RHP database has some cool information...(it contains over 10 1/2 million games). The move played most often 1.e4 doesn't have the best win ratio.... Both 1.d4 and 1.c4 share this top spot. Then comes, believe it or not, 1. f4 and 1. Nf3. If you're looking to play the worst first move, it's 1.Na3 ..

Do you want some big guns to show us that they can win against us using Na3 ?

edit I looked it up Nh3 fares worse (by 1% point) for white and it has been played much more often.

Schlecter

The King of Board

Solar System

Joined: 09 Feb 13
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15 Jul 21 14:25

1. Nf3 make sense. 1 f4 is not for Grand Masters, but in other kind of games, like club, blitz or just for fun is a very interesting opening

mlb62

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15 Jul 21 14:35

@schlecter said
1. Nf3 make sense. 1 f4 is not for Grand Masters, but in other kind of games, like club, blitz or just for fun is a very interesting opening

I have switched to the King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 for all my White games. It is less boring than Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, Italian, Four Knights, etc, etc.
With the KIA, it is Black who decides the opening's pawn structure , so each game is different....

mlb62

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15 Jul 21 14:39

@ponderable said
edit I looked it up Nh3 fares worse (by 1% point) for white and it has been played much more often.

Yes, you're right about 1.Nh3 ( the Amar opening), or the Drunken Knight's opening.
1.Na3 is the Durkin's Opening..

greenpawn34

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15 Jul 21 18:37

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Only games that last 6 moves or more are shown so you will not
see all the Fool's and Scholars mates. You can see all the times
that White went for Scholars Mate, got it, but did not play it.

60 times (so far) this position has arisen. (White to play)

And White has not played 4.Qxf7 mate. When they did: we cannot see it.

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15 Jul 21 21:33

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Eladar

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15 Jul 21 21:42

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Everything is relative to chess level of the people playing with the black and white pieces.

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Eladar

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15 Jul 21 22:45

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Really? What if both players are at the skill level in greenpawn's example? White to move and 60 times white played something like this

Game 8936406

greenpawn34

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16 Jul 21 00:25

Any reasonable opening here is OK. The vast majority of games are decided by
an outright blunder or a low level tactical oversight (the two move trick).
It's the game load. We are all giving and taking part in simultaneous displays.