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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e3 | 1,730 | 38% 25% 38% | 2214 | 2026 |
| Qd2 | 430 | 43% 24% 33% | 2226 | 2026 |
| Nb5 | 137 | 36% 30% 34% | 2212 | 2026 |
| Nf3 | 121 | 33% 24% 43% | 2115 | 2026 |
| h4 | 36 | 36% 17% 47% | 2138 | 2026 |
| f3 | 18 | 33% 17% 50% | 2051 | 2025 |
| h3 | 7 | 29% 71% | 1964 | 2024 |
| Qd3 | 1 | 100% | 1745 | 2026 |
Top games
| Carlsen, M2837–Ding Liren2774 | ½-½ | Carlsen-Ding Showdown G5 | 2017 |
| Carlsen, M2837–Wei Yi2758 | 0-1 | 13th Norway Armageddon | 2025 |
| Aronian, L2797–Vachier Lagrave, M2793 | ½-½ | Gibraltar Masters TB 2018 | 2018 |
| Caruana, F2823–Giri, A2764 | ½-½ | 83rd Tata Steel Masters | 2021 |
| Karjakin, Sergey2781–Giri, A2771 | 1-0 | 5th Norway Blitz 2017 | 2017 |
| Naiditsch, A2702–Carlsen, M2838 | ½-½ | 4th GRENKE Chess Classic | 2017 |
| Grischuk, A2810–Harikrishna, P2727 | 0-1 | SportAccord Blitz 2014 | 2014 |
| Grischuk, A2810–Dominguez Perez, L2726 | 1-0 | SportAccord Blitz 2014 | 2014 |
| So, W2752–Firouzja, Alireza2777 | ½-½ | Saint Louis Blitz 2023 | 2023 |
| Aronian, L2784–Svidler, P2727 | ½-½ | World Blitz 2015 | 2015 |