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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c4 | 251 | 50% 27% 23% | 2121 | 2026 |
| Be2 | 116 | 43% 34% 22% | 2128 | 2026 |
| Bc4 | 47 | 38% 28% 34% | 2146 | 2026 |
| h3 | 15 | 60% 33% | 2162 | 2025 |
| c3 | 15 | 20% 20% 60% | 2012 | 2024 |
| g3 | 12 | 42% 50% | 2196 | 2023 |
| Bd3 | 6 | 50% 17% 33% | 2008 | 2024 |
| Bb5+ | 3 | 100% | 2170 | 2019 |
| Nc3 | 2 | 100% | 2095 | 2022 |
Top games
| Wang Hao2739–Nepomniachtchi, I2718 | 0-1 | 8th RUS-CHN Summit Men Rapid | 2012 |
| Alekseev, Evgeny2622–Smagin, S2551 | ½-½ | TCh-RUS Blitz 2017 | 2017 |
| Kovalev, Vl2661–Xu, Zhihang2506 | 1-0 | SCO Teams 2019 | 2019 |
| Skripchenko, A2414–Topalov, V2740 | 0-1 | 8th Salamanca Uni Masters | 2018 |
| Solodovnichenko, Y2543–Danin, A2575 | 1-0 | Admiral Niels Juel Cup 2013 | 2013 |
| Savchenko, B2535–Smagin, S2551 | 1-0 | Pearl Lobanov Mem Blitz | 2021 |
| Petrov, Martin2535–Dimitrov, R2501 | ½-½ | ch-BUL 2023 | 2023 |
| Espinosa Aranda, A2502–Del Rio de Angelis, S2508 | ½-½ | TCh-ESP Div 1 2020 | 2020 |
| Kobalia, M2542–Krylov, M Rus2456 | ½-½ | TCh-RUS Blitz 2023 | 2023 |
| Poetsch, H2504–Stanec, N2492 | ½-½ | TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2014-15 | 2015 |