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Tell me some general statistics about the database.

# of games in database: 791,215 Years covered: 1475 to 2016 (542 years) White wins 297,529 games (37.60%) Black wins 219,794 games (27.78%) 273,879 games are drawn (34.61%) Average # of moves per game: 40.51 Average Elo rating of rated players: 2194 # of games with annotation: 2,226 (0.28%) # of games with kibitzing: 128,309 (16.22%) # of kibitzes in total: 3,762,432 # of registered users: 224,908 # of users registered in last 30 days: 697 (0.31%) # of registered users seen in last 90 days: 8,744 (3.89%)

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. Magnus Carlsen (2882) 2. Garry Kasparov (2851) 3. Fabiano Caruana (2844) 4. Levon Aronian (2830) 5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819) 6. Viswanathan Anand (2817) 7. Veselin Topalov (2816) 8. Hikaru Nakamura (2814) 9. Vladimir Kramnik (2811) 10. Alexander Grischuk (2797) 11. Anish Giri (2793) 12. Teimour Radjabov (2793) 13. Wesley So (2788) 14. Sergey Karjakin (2788) 15. Alexander Morozevich (2788) 16. Vassily Ivanchuk (2787) 17. Robert James Fischer (2785) 18. Ding Liren (2782) 19. Anatoly Karpov (2780) 20. Boris Gelfand (2777)

21. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2775) 22. Peter Svidler (2769) 23. Leinier Dominguez Perez (2768) 24. Ruslan Ponomariov (2768) 25. Pavel Eljanov (2765) 26. Gata Kamsky (2763) 27. Peter Leko (2763) 28. Pentala Harikrishna (2763) 29. Vugar Gashimov (2761) 30. Michael Adams (2761) 31. Dmitry Jakovenko (2760) 32. Evgeny Tomashevsky (2758) 33. Li Chao (2757) 34. Wang Yue (2756) 35. Alexey Shirov (2755) 36. Richard Rapport (2752) 37. Wang Hao (2752) 38. David Navara (2751) 39. Sergei Movsesian (2751) 40. Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2749)

What players have the most games in the database?

1. Viktor Korchnoi (4,418) 2. Anatoly Karpov (3,540) 3. Jan Timman (3,503) 4. Vassily Ivanchuk (3,444) 5. Svetozar Gligoric (3,147) 6. Viswanathan Anand (3,019) 7. Alexey Shirov (2,881) 8. Mikhail Tal (2,806) 9. Vladimir Kramnik (2,758) 10. Lajos Portisch (2,751) 11. Boris Gelfand (2,715) 12. Michael Adams (2,685) 13. Vlastimil Hort (2,639) 14. Vasily Smyslov (2,625) 15. Nigel Short (2,579) 16. Loek van Wely (2,564) 17. Bent Larsen (2,525) 18. Borislav Ivkov (2,494) 19. Peter Svidler (2,461) 20. Anthony Miles (2,428)

21. Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov (2,398) 22. Magnus Carlsen (2,371) 23. Garry Kasparov (2,360) 24. Alexander Beliavsky (2,331) 25. Alexey Dreev (2,324) 26. Ulf Andersson (2,305) 27. Ratmir Kholmov (2,276) 28. Boris Spassky (2,256) 29. Efim Geller (2,238) 30. David Bronstein (2,176) 31. Levon Aronian (2,151) 32. Peter Leko (2,126) 33. Veselin Topalov (2,084) 34. Sergei Movsesian (2,080) 35. Oleg Romanishin (2,076) 36. Artur Yusupov (2,060) 37. Lubomir Ftacnik (2,055) 38. Alexander Grischuk (2,048) 39. Paul Keres (2,041) 40. Mark Taimanov (2,039)

Which players most often make winning sacrifices?

	1. Gioachino Greco (58.23%) 2. Emil Joseph Diemer (41.83%) 3. Serafino Dubois (36.23%) 4. Paul Morphy (35.70%) 5. Igor Nikolayev (32.06%) 6. Ignatz von Kolisch (29.38%) 7. Cecil Valentine De Vere (29.17%) 8. Marc Esserman (27.64%) 9. John Cochrane (27.12%) 10. Marco Albano (24.19%) 11. Nezhmetdinov (24.13%) 12. Rudolf Rezso Charousek (24.04%) 13. Johannes Zukertort (24.00%) 14. Adolf Anderssen (23.74%) 15. Gustav Richard Neumann (22.73%) 16. Olga Vasiliev (22.02%) 17. Wilhelm Steinitz (21.61%) 18. Tibor Weinberger (21.51%) 19. Von Der Lasa (21.17%) 20. K Richter (20.55%)	21. Georges Koltanowski (20.26%) 22. John A Curdo (20.24%) 23. Erik Andrew Kislik (20.14%) 24. Emory Tate (20.00%) 25. Joseph Henry Blackburne (19.84%) 26. Mikhail Golubev (18.17%) 27. Carlos Torre Repetto (18.12%) 28. Harry Nelson Pillsbury (17.70%) 29. Howard Staunton (17.61%) 30. Joanna Majdan-Gajewska (17.58%) 31. Siegbert Tarrasch (17.55%) 32. Fidel Corrales Jimenez (17.39%) 33. Mikael Helin (17.01%) 34. Gerard Welling (16.91%) 35. Valentina Gunina (16.78%) 36. Ray Robson (16.77%) 37. Mikhail Chigorin (16.75%) 38. Bator Sambuev (16.74%) 39. Danny Kopec (16.60%) 40. Alexander Alekhine (16.53%)
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 ECO opening chapters are played most often?

A04 - Reti Opening (12,898) B06 - Robatsch (11,543) A07 - King's Indian Attack (10,733) B22 - Sicilian, Alapin (10,257) B90 - Sicilian, Najdorf (9,621) A46 - Queen's Pawn Game (8,835) A15 - English (8,675) A45 - Queen's Pawn Game (7,657) B40 - Sicilian (7,561) B01 - Scandinavian (7,506) D02 - Queen's Pawn Game (7,482) B12 - Caro-Kann Defense (6,608) B30 - Sicilian (6,536) B32 - Sicilian (6,239) B23 - Sicilian, Closed (6,168) C42 - Petrov Defense (6,051) A00 - Uncommon Opening (6,034) D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined (5,999) E12 - Queen's Indian (5,993) B07 - Pirc (5,941)

What are the most common endings?

1. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (13,089) 2. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (11,941) 3. ♖♙♙ vs ♖♙ (11,678) 4. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (7,468) 5. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙♙ (7,341) 6. ♖♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (6,101) 7. ♖♙ vs ♖ (4,778) 8. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙♙ (4,048) 9. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙ (4,001) 10. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙ (3,696) 11. ♖♙♙ vs ♖ (3,661) 12. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙♙ (3,482) 13. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (3,451) 14. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙ (3,356) 15. ♖♙ vs ♖♙ (3,109)

16. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙♙ (2,928) 17. ♗♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙ (2,805) 18. ♗♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (2,747) 19. ♕♙♙♙♙ vs ♕♙♙♙ (2,529) 20. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙♙ (2,506) 21. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙ (2,277) 22. ♖♙♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (2,186) 23. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,154) 24. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,078) 25. ♕♙♙♙ vs ♕♙♙ (1,992) 26. ♘♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙ (1,925) 27. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (1,912) 28. ♖♗♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (1,909) 29. ♘♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙ (1,862) 30. ♘♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (1,828)

Which chessgames.com users have kibitzed the most?

1. Jim Bartle (49,962) 2. HeMateMe (39,278) 3. jessicafischerqueen (37,860) 4. WannaBe (36,293) 5. chancho (33,084) 6. whiteshark (32,992) 7. OhioChessFan (32,874) 8. Domdaniel (27,948) 9. acirce (27,690) 10. wordfunph (25,367) 11. TheFocus (23,243) 12. cormier (23,230) 13. percyblakeney (23,192) 14. notyetagm (23,186) 15. Marmot PFL (22,308) 16. perfidious (22,041) 17. Travis Bickle (21,868) 18. Ulhumbrus (20,760) 19. Shams (20,723) 20. Open Defence (20,532)

21. keypusher (19,849) 22. brankat (18,677) 23. Eyal (18,559) 24. al wazir (18,176) 25. achieve (17,973) 26. Abdel Irada (17,805) 27. twinlark (17,585) 28. technical draw (17,460) 29. Tabanus (17,088) 30. FSR (16,877) 31. YouRang (16,841) 32. Phony Benoni (16,526) 33. SugarDom (16,273) 34. frogbert (16,169) 35. RookFile (15,929) 36. harrylime (14,917) 37. LIFE Master AJ (14,796) 38. patzer2 (14,577) 39. diceman (14,464) 40. Colonel Mortimer (14,463)

Which pages on chessgames.com have the most kibitzing?

Kenneth Rogoff (218,398) Wesley So (191,899) Kibitzer's Café (180,146) Magnus Carlsen (78,146) Robert James Fischer (53,232) The World vs G Timmerman, 2007 (44,596) Vladimir Kramnik (40,020) Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match (2006) (29,054) The World vs N Pogonina, 2010 (26,714) The World vs A Nickel, 2006 (26,653) A Nickel vs The World, 2008 (23,261) Hikaru Nakamura (21,648) The World vs Akobian, 2012 (21,231) Y Shulman vs The World, 2007 (20,940) Jeremy Lim (20,806) Odd Lie (19,544) Viswanathan Anand (19,041) Garry Kasparov (18,741) The World vs Naiditsch, 2014 (17,753) Veselin Topalov (17,521) S Williams vs The World, 2013 (14,964) Biographer Bistro (14,696) Eugenio Torre (13,746) M Umansky vs The World, 2009 (12,340) World Championship Candidates (2013) (12,089) FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007) (11,917) Battle of the Brains II, 2008 (11,499) Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008) (11,069) Nigel Short (10,462) Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship (2010) (10,123)

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

P Troeger vs Tal, 1960 (given 1149 times, par: 34) Kasparov vs Ulf Andersson, 1981 (given 487 times, par: 42) Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 (given 464 times, par: 16) J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850 (given 408 times, par: 19) Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (given 377 times, par: 33) Fischer vs J Altusky, 1954 (given 367 times, par: 13) Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 (given 363 times, par: 32) NN vs Greco, 1620 (given 333 times, par: 99) Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890 (given 316 times, par: 5) Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (given 312 times, par: 36) Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983 (given 310 times, par: 60) Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (given 305 times, par: 41) Greco vs NN, 1620 (given 290 times, par: 58) Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 (given 278 times, par: 43) Morphy vs A Meek, 1855 (given 274 times, par: 25) Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (given 250 times, par: 29) Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857 (given 246 times, par: 13) Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971 (given 239 times, par: 126) Morphy vs E Morphy, 1850 (given 238 times, par: 36) Philidor vs NN, 1749 (given 234 times, par: 64) For more information on Guess-the-Move, see the Guess-the-Move Help Page.

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

D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 (771) Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 (626) Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (593) Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (579) Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907 (526) Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (439) Robert E Byrne vs Fischer, 1963 (419) Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (377) Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895 (347) Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 (340) Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958 (331) Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 (329) S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 (327) Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 (322) Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (321) Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912 (317) Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 (315) Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924 (313) Short vs Timman, 1991 (309) Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 (307) Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929 (301) Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 (290) Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (287) Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 (259) Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 (256) Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 (255) Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 (254) Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961 (249) Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 (248) McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 (245) Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 (244) Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 (240) Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 (231) Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004 (230) Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967 (230) Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987 (228) Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 (221) Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 (219) Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 (215) Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914 (215)

What PGN viewers are favored by registered users? [what is this?]

pgn4web (Default) (99.07%) Chess Viewer Deluxe II (0.37%) Chess Viewer Deluxe (0.29%) None (text only) (0.12%) MyChess (0.06%) ChessTutor (0.05%) Sjkbase (0.03%) MistyBeach (0.01%)