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The following statistics give an insight into our
database of chess games and the people who use it.

* Tell me some general statistics about the database.

# of games in database: 465,680
Years covered: 1475 to 2008 (534 years)

White wins 171,406 games (36.81%)
Black wins 124,230 games (26.68%)
170,033 games are drawn (36.51%)

Average # of moves per game: 39.26
Average Elo rating of rated players: 2231
# of games with annotation: 2,296 (0.49%)
# of games with kibitzing: 57,224 (12.29%)
# of kibitzes in total: 1,345,883

# of registered users: 96,296
# of users registered in last 30 days: 1,355 (1.41%)
# of registered users seen in last 90 days: 13,452 (13.97%)

* What are the highest Elo ratings achieved in the database?

Please note that these statistics are computed from the database; it may be incomplete, or contain errors. The displayed ratings refer to the highest rating ever achieved--not the current rating. Consult the FIDE Chess Ratings page for official information.

1. Garry Kasparov (2851)
2. Veselin Topalov (2813)
3. Vladimir Kramnik (2811)
4. Viswanathan Anand (2803)
5. Vassily Ivanchuk (2787)
6. Robert James Fischer (2785)
7. Anatoli Karpov (2780)
8. Alexander Morozevich (2774)
9. Peter Svidler (2765)
10. Magnus Carlsen (2765)
11. Levon Aronian (2763)
12. Peter Leko (2763)
13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760)
14. Michael Adams (2755)
15. Teimour Radjabov (2751)
16. Alexey Shirov (2751)
17. Gata Kamsky (2745)
18. Ruslan Ponomariov (2743)
19. Evgeny Bareev (2739)
20. Boris Gelfand (2737)
21. Dmitry Jakovenko (2735)
22. Judit Polgar (2735)
23. Sergey Karjakin (2732)
24. Alexander Grischuk (2732)
25. Etienne Bacrot (2731)
26. David Navara (2725)
27. Evgeny Alekseev (2716)
28. Valery Salov (2715)
29. Loek Van Wely (2714)
30. Vladimir Akopian (2713)
31. Ivan Cheparinov (2713)
32. Nigel Short (2712)
33. Alexander Beliavsky (2710)
34. Bu Xiangzhi (2708)
35. Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (2707)
36. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2706)
37. Ivan Sokolov (2706)
38. Alexey Dreev (2705)
39. Wang Yue (2703)
40. Ni Hua (2703)

* What players have the most games in the database?

1. Viktor Korchnoi (4,182)
2. Jan Timman (3,262)
3. Anatoli Karpov (3,235)
4. Svetozar Gligoric (3,127)
5. Mikhail Tal (2,824)
6. Lajos Portisch (2,634)
7. Vasily Smyslov (2,615)
8. Vlastimil Hort (2,530)
9. Bent Larsen (2,510)
10. Borislav Ivkov (2,421)
11. Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov (2,397)
12. Anthony Miles (2,301)
13. Ratmir Kholmov (2,267)
14. Efim Geller (2,255)
15. Viswanathan Anand (2,190)
16. Boris Spassky (2,169)
17. David Bronstein (2,166)
18. Garry Kasparov (2,144)
19. Vassily Ivanchuk (2,135)
20. Alexey Shirov (2,126)
21. Paul Keres (2,081)
22. Ulf Andersson (2,060)
23. Michael Adams (2,029)
24. Mark Taimanov (1,994)
25. Nigel Short (1,980)
26. Lev Polugaevsky (1,960)
27. Ljubomir Ljubojevic (1,930)
28. Oleg Romanishin (1,919)
29. Loek Van Wely (1,905)
30. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1,904)
31. Jan Plachetka (1,903)
32. Jan Smejkal (1,898)
33. Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1,890)
34. Vlastimil Jansa (1,887)
35. Alexander Alekhine (1,879)
36. Artur Yusupov (1,876)
37. Vladimir Kramnik (1,850)
38. Milan Matulovic (1,818)
39. Wlodzimierz Schmidt (1,795)
40. Lubomir Ftacnik (1,742)

* Which players most often make winning sacrifices?

1. Gioachino Greco (59.21%)
2. Emil Joseph Diemer (42.00%)
3. Paul Morphy (36.54%)
4. Ignatz Von Kolisch (29.49%)
5. Rudolf Rezso Charousek (25.15%)
6. Johannes Zukertort (24.82%)
7. Nezhmetdinov (24.52%)
8. Adolf Anderssen (24.07%)
9. Gustav Richard Neumann (22.36%)
10. Von Der Lasa (22.14%)
11. Wilhelm Steinitz (21.76%)
12. Emory A Tate (21.57%)
13. Georges Koltanowski (20.64%)
14. Joseph Henry Blackburne (20.29%)
15. Tigran Kotanjian (19.70%)
16. Howard Staunton (18.07%)
17. Gerard Welling (17.95%)
18. Harry Nelson Pillsbury (17.39%)
19. Alexander Alekhine (17.19%)
20. Siegbert Tarrasch (17.10%)
21. Mikhail Chigorin (16.73%)
22. Baadur Jobava (16.51%)
23. Viktor Kupreichik (16.45%)
24. Eric Schiller (16.40%)
25. Shredder (Computer) (16.27%)
26. Oldrich Duras (16.18%)
27. Emanuel Berg (16.16%)
28. Igor Vasilievich Ivanov (15.74%)
29. Tomi Nyback (15.60%)
30. Emanuel Lasker (15.52%)
31. Tigran L Petrosian (15.38%)
32. Garry Kasparov (15.07%)
33. Maxime Vachier Lagrave (14.97%)
34. Yacov Murey (14.94%)
35. Harold James Plaskett (14.91%)
36. Wang Hao (14.85%)
37. Louis Paulsen (14.68%)
38. Jackson W Showalter (14.53%)
39. Andres Rodriguez (14.53%)
40. Lilit Mkrtchian (14.52%)
For an explanation of "winning sacrifice" please see the Sacrifice Explorer FAQ.
Only players with at least 50 games in the database are considered.
Players with ratings under 2000 are excluded.

* Which opening variations are played most often?

  1. A04 - Reti Opening (6,724)
  2. B22 - Sicilian, Alapin (6,461)
  3. B06 - Robatsch (5,932)
  4. B90 - Sicilian, Najdorf (5,141)
  5. A46 - Queen's Pawn Game (5,018)
  6. A15 - English (4,796)
  7. B40 - Sicilian (4,717)
  8. D02 - Queen's Pawn Game (4,247)
  9. E12 - Queen's Indian (4,114)
  10. B07 - Pirc (4,005)
  11. B01 - Scandinavian (3,908)
  12. B33 - Sicilian (3,905)
  13. C42 - Petrov Defense (3,829)
  14. B23 - Sicilian, Closed (3,813)
  15. A45 - Queen's Pawn Game (3,720)
  16. E15 - Queen's Indian (3,719)
  17. A00 - Uncommon Opening (3,622)
  18. D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined (3,561)
  19. B30 - Sicilian (3,560)
  20. E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense (3,402)

* What are the most common endings?

1. RPPP vs RPP (7,270)
2. RPPPP vs RPPP (6,637)
3. RPP vs RP (6,249)
4. RPPPP vs RPPPP (3,968)
5. RPPP vs RPPP (3,937)
6. RPP vs RPP (3,219)
7. RP vs R (2,350)
8. RBPPP vs RNPPP (2,202)
9. RPPP vs RP (2,189)
10. RBPPP vs RBPP (2,001)
11. BPPPP vs NPPPP (1,969)
12. RPPPP vs RPP (1,915)
13. RPP vs R (1,883)
14. BPPPP vs BPPP (1,852)
15. RP vs RP (1,568)
16. BPPP vs BPP (1,562)
17. RBPPP vs RBPPP (1,556)
18. BPPP vs NPPP (1,531)
19. QPPPP vs QPPP (1,407)
20. BPPPP vs BPPPP (1,312)
21. RNPPP vs RBPP (1,250)
22. RBPPP vs RNPP (1,214)
23. RPPPPP vs RPPP (1,170)
24. RNPPP vs RNPP (1,125)
25. NPPPP vs BPPP (1,087)
26. QPPP vs QPP (1,087)
27. BPPPP vs NPPP (1,087)
28. NPPP vs NPP (1,016)
29. NPPP vs BPP (1,011)
30. NPPPP vs NPPP (1,010)

* Which chessgames.com users have kibitzed the most?

1. acirce (20,765)
2. WannaBe (16,179)
3. percyblakeney (15,653)
4. jessicafischerqueen (14,554)
5. ughaibu (10,957)
6. chancho (10,549)
7. EmperorAtahualpa (10,388)
8. notyetagm (10,320)
9. chessmoron (10,234)
10. RookFile (10,193)
11. Sneaky (10,043)
12. Open Defence (9,872)
13. brankat (9,655)
14. Domdaniel (9,215)
15. aw1988 (9,099)
16. Knight13 (9,077)
17. suenteus po 147 (8,771)
18. ahmadov (7,585)
19. whiteshark (7,567)
20. Whitehat1963 (7,480)
21. hitman84 (7,476)
22. square dance (7,435)
23. keypusher (7,364)
24. twinlark (7,346)
25. Eyal (7,305)
26. iron maiden (7,137)
27. Ulhumbrus (6,800)
28. azaris (6,609)
29. patzer2 (6,594)
30. slomarko (6,520)
31. Gypsy (6,488)
32. Karpova (6,362)
33. tpstar (6,355)
34. Benzol (6,349)
35. achieve (6,347)
36. Honza Cervenka (6,335)
37. cu8sfan (6,313)
38. chessgames.com (6,090)
39. virginmind (6,074)
40. euripides (6,053)

* Which pages on chessgames.com have the most kibitzing?

  1. Kibitzer's Café (75,190)
  2. The World vs G Timmerman, 2007 (37,187)
  3. Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match (2006) (28,953)
  4. Vladimir Kramnik (27,984)
  5. The World vs A Nickel, 2006 (26,620)
  6. Magnus Carlsen (25,364)
  7. Robert James Fischer (25,072)
  8. Y Shulman vs The World, 2007 (20,927)
  9. Veselin Topalov (15,645)
  10. Garry Kasparov (12,293)
  11. FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007) (11,906)
  12. Viswanathan Anand (9,609)
  13. Corus (2007) (9,159)
  14. World Chess Championship (2005) (8,385)
  15. Corus (2008) (7,646)
  16. Raymond Keene (7,302)
  17. Linares-Morelia (2007) (7,172)
  18. Corus Chess Tournament (2005) (6,286)
  19. Zsuzsa Polgar (6,105)
  20. Battle of the Brains, 2007 (5,900)
  21. Team White vs Team Black, 2006 (5,877)
  22. Paul Morphy (5,264)
  23. Odd Lie (5,238)
  24. World Chess Cup (2007) (5,143)
  25. Morelia-Linares (2008) (5,061)
  26. XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares (2005) (4,900)
  27. Nigel Short (4,810)
  28. Beer (4,579)
  29. Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006) (4,424)
  30. 37th Chess Olympiad (2006) (4,390)

* Which are the most popular games for Guess-the-Move?

  1. Kasparov vs Ulf Andersson, 1981 (given 253 times, par: 42)
  2. Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (given 131 times, par: 31)
  3. Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983 (given 108 times, par: 59)
  4. Philidor vs NN, 1749 (given 108 times, par: 62)
  5. Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (given 101 times, par: 35)
  6. Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (given 93 times, par: 35)
  7. Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849 (given 91 times, par: 46)
  8. F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844 (given 85 times, par: 23)
  9. Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 (given 84 times, par: 46)
  10. Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (given 80 times, par: 28)
For more information on Guess-the-Move, see the Guess-the-Move Help Page.

* What games are frequently found in our users' Game Collections?

  1. D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 (411)
  2. Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 (312)
  3. Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (290)
  4. Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (277)
  5. Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907 (262)
  6. Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (230)
  7. Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (180)
  8. R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963 (179)
  9. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 (157)
  10. Ed Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912 (152)
  11. Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 (151)
  12. Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (148)
  13. Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929 (147)
  14. Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 (145)
  15. Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (142)
  16. S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 (141)
  17. Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958 (138)
  18. Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895 (137)
  19. Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924 (135)
  20. Short vs Timman, 1991 (130)
  21. Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 (124)
  22. Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 (120)
  23. Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 (118)
  24. Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 (113)
  25. Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 (112)
  26. Samisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 (111)
  27. Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 (110)
  28. Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 (110)
  29. Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 (108)
  30. Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961 (99)

* What java viewers are favored by registered users?

  1. Chess Viewer Deluxe (Default) (89.67%)
  2. ChessTutor (4.34%)
  3. None (text only) (1.86%)
  4. Sjkbase (1.80%)
  5. MistyBeach (1.52%)
  6. MyChess (0.81%)


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