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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a4 | 84 | 42% 19% 39% | 2219 | 2025 |
| c3 | 16 | 38% 25% 38% | 2030 | 2024 |
| b5 | 11 | 64% 36% | 2243 | 2021 |
| O-O | 6 | 33% 67% | 2083 | 2021 |
| d3 | 3 | 33% 33% 33% | 2047 | 2023 |
| Nc3 | 2 | 100% | 2531 | 2019 |
| a3 | 2 | 50% 50% | 2286 | 2022 |
| Bb2 | 1 | 100% | 2349 | 2015 |
| d4 | 1 | 100% | 2558 | 2012 |
Top games
| Ganguly, S2619–Aronian, L2815 | 1-0 | FIDE World Rapid 2014 | 2014 |
| Sindarov, Javokhir2609–Aronian, L2772 | 0-1 | World Blitz 2021 | 2021 |
| Sindarov, Javokhir2609–Mamedyarov, S2767 | 1-0 | World Blitz 2021 | 2021 |
| Lagarde, Max2640–Wojtaszek, R2691 | 0-1 | TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2021 | 2021 |
| Wei Yi2551–Mamedyarov, S2775 | ½-½ | FIDE World Cup 2013 | 2013 |
| Wei Yi2607–Harikrishna, P2706 | ½-½ | Gibraltar Masters 2014 | 2014 |
| Belyakov, B2487–Aronian, L2785 | ½-½ | World Blitz 2016 | 2016 |
| Aditya, Mittal2595–Sanal, V2595 | 1-0 | World Rapid 2023 | 2023 |
| Molner, M2479–Romanov, E2623 | 1-0 | 40th Annual World Open | 2012 |
| Antal, Ge2563–Nagy, Ga12501 | 1-0 | 68th ch-HUN Prelim 2019 | 2019 |