Opening explorer over 1,964,188 over-the-board games. Online games are searchable and count for prep, but are excluded from opening statistics.
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 151 | 30% 23% 47% | 2111 | 2026 |
| d5 | 144 | 36% 25% 39% | 2111 | 2026 |
| e5 | 46 | 24% 28% 48% | 2160 | 2026 |
| c5 | 23 | 57% 26% 17% | 1996 | 2025 |
| g6 | 19 | 32% 21% 47% | 2095 | 2025 |
| f5 | 16 | 25% 19% 56% | 2053 | 2025 |
| b6 | 7 | 29% 29% 43% | 2318 | 2023 |
| d6 | 7 | 14% 71% 14% | 2057 | 2025 |
| e6 | 3 | 33% 33% 33% | 1972 | 2025 |
| c6 | 3 | 100% | 1902 | 2026 |
| Nc6 | 1 | 100% | 1825 | 2024 |
| a6 | 1 | 100% | 2165 | 2014 |
| g5 | 1 | 100% | 2313 | 2018 |
Top games
| Caruana, F2789–Erigaisi, Arjun2771 | 1-0 | Checkmate: USA vs India | 2025 |
| Karjakin, Sergey2773–Aronian, L2767 | 1-0 | Saint Louis Blitz 2018 | 2018 |
| Niemann, Hans Moke2733–Nakamura, Hi2802 | ½-½ | SpeedChess Final 2024 | 2024 |
| Andreikin, D2736–Harikrishna, P2766 | ½-½ | 79th Tata Steel GpA | 2017 |
| Hamitevici, V2487–Rodshtein, M2698 | 0-1 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2017 | 2017 |
| Lintchevski, D2570–Goganov, A2589 | 1-0 | St Petersburg Blitz 2021 | 2021 |
| Bartel, Mat2609–Ladva, O2522 | 1-0 | European Blitz 2017 | 2017 |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham2576–Narayanan, Sl2515 | 1-0 | World Junior Open 2016 | 2016 |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham2584–Pourramezanali, A2505 | ½-½ | Zonal 3.1 2017 | 2017 |
| Golubov, Saveliy2501–Vavulin, M2575 | 1-0 | 71st Moscow Blitz | 2017 |