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Chessgames Statistics

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: 517,792
Years covered: 1475 to 2009 (535 years)

White wins 191,677 games (37.02%)
Black wins 139,388 games (26.92%)
186,719 games are drawn (36.06%)

Average # of moves per game: 39.48
Average Elo rating of rated players: 2227
# of games with annotation: 1,602 (0.31%)
# of games with kibitzing: 69,116 (13.35%)
# of kibitzes in total: 1,782,896

# of registered users: 117,139
# of users registered in last 30 days: 1,273 (1.09%)
# of registered users seen in last 90 days: 13,071 (11.16%)

* 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. Alexander Morozevich (2788)
6. Vassily Ivanchuk (2787)
7. Magnus Carlsen (2786)
8. Robert James Fischer (2785)
9. Anatoli Karpov (2780)
10. Peter Svidler (2765)
11. Levon Aronian (2763)
12. Peter Leko (2763)
13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760)
14. Teimour Radjabov (2760)
15. Dmitry Jakovenko (2760)
16. Alexey Shirov (2755)
17. Michael Adams (2755)
18. Sergei Movsesian (2751)
19. Alexander Grischuk (2748)
20. Gata Kamsky (2745)
21. Ruslan Ponomariov (2743)
22. Wang Yue (2739)
23. Evgeny Bareev (2739)
24. Boris Gelfand (2737)
25. Judit Polgar (2735)
26. Sergey Karjakin (2732)
27. Etienne Bacrot (2731)
28. Vugar Gashimov (2730)
29. David Navara (2725)
30. Ni Hua (2724)
31. Pavel Eljanov (2720)
32. Leinier Dominguez-Perez (2719)
33. Evgeny Alekseev (2718)
34. Maxime Vachier Lagrave (2716)
35. Valery Salov (2715)
36. Loek Van Wely (2714)
37. Bu Xiangzhi (2714)
38. Vladimir Akopian (2713)
39. Ivan Cheparinov (2713)
40. Nigel Short (2712)

* What players have the most games in the database?

1. Viktor Korchnoi (4,271)
2. Anatoli Karpov (3,342)
3. Jan Timman (3,328)
4. Svetozar Gligoric (3,130)
5. Mikhail Tal (2,822)
6. Lajos Portisch (2,664)
7. Vasily Smyslov (2,628)
8. Vlastimil Hort (2,556)
9. Bent Larsen (2,526)
10. Vassily Ivanchuk (2,447)
11. Borislav Ivkov (2,438)
12. Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov (2,396)
13. Anthony Miles (2,319)
14. Viswanathan Anand (2,311)
15. Ratmir Kholmov (2,267)
16. Efim Geller (2,261)
17. Alexey Shirov (2,259)
18. Boris Spassky (2,190)
19. David Bronstein (2,183)
20. Garry Kasparov (2,166)
21. Ulf Andersson (2,141)
22. Michael Adams (2,116)
23. Nigel Short (2,091)
24. Paul Keres (2,086)
25. Loek Van Wely (2,027)
26. Mark Taimanov (1,995)
27. Vladimir Kramnik (1,965)
28. Lev Polugaevsky (1,965)
29. Oleg Romanishin (1,952)
30. Ljubomir Ljubojevic (1,945)
31. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1,919)
32. Artur Yusupov (1,912)
33. Vlastimil Jansa (1,907)
34. Boris Gelfand (1,905)
35. Jan Plachetka (1,904)
36. Alexander Alekhine (1,903)
37. Jan Smejkal (1,899)
38. Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1,897)
39. Alexander Beliavsky (1,882)
40. Varlam Vepkhvishvili (1,860)

* Which players most often make winning sacrifices?

1. Gioachino Greco (57.69%)
2. Emil Joseph Diemer (42.00%)
3. Paul Morphy (37.13%)
4. Rybka (Computer) (29.55%)
5. Ignatz Von Kolisch (29.49%)
6. Rudolf Rezso Charousek (25.75%)
7. Marco Albano (24.80%)
8. Johannes Zukertort (24.76%)
9. Nezhmetdinov (24.52%)
10. Adolf Anderssen (24.13%)
11. Von Der Lasa (22.38%)
12. Gustav Richard Neumann (22.36%)
13. Wilhelm Steinitz (21.82%)
14. Emory A Tate (20.83%)
15. Georges Koltanowski (20.64%)
16. Joseph Henry Blackburne (20.38%)
17. Tigran Kotanjian (19.61%)
18. Howard Staunton (17.99%)
19. Gerard Welling (17.76%)
20. Harry Nelson Pillsbury (17.25%)
21. Alexander Alekhine (17.18%)
22. Siegbert Tarrasch (17.04%)
23. Shredder (Computer) (16.94%)
24. Mikhail Chigorin (16.67%)
25. Baadur Jobava (16.64%)
26. Viktor Kupreichik (16.45%)
27. Eric Schiller (16.40%)
28. Abhijeet Gupta (16.29%)
29. Oldrich Duras (16.18%)
30. Emanuel Berg (15.93%)
31. Kamran G Shirazi (15.75%)
32. Harold James Plaskett (15.63%)
33. Igor Vasilievich Ivanov (15.62%)
34. Gyula Breyer (15.58%)
35. Varlam Vepkhvishvili (15.54%)
36. Emanuel Lasker (15.53%)
37. Mikhail Markovich Umansky (15.45%)
38. Garry Kasparov (15.05%)
39. Yacov Murey (14.91%)
40. Igor Efimov (14.86%)
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 (8,183)
  2. B22 - Sicilian, Alapin (7,026)
  3. A07 - King's Indian Attack (6,872)
  4. B06 - Robatsch (6,865)
  5. B90 - Sicilian, Najdorf (5,928)
  6. A46 - Queen's Pawn Game (5,744)
  7. A15 - English (5,345)
  8. B40 - Sicilian (5,278)
  9. A45 - Queen's Pawn Game (4,564)
  10. B01 - Scandinavian (4,503)
  11. B07 - Pirc (4,431)
  12. B33 - Sicilian (4,426)
  13. D02 - Queen's Pawn Game (4,377)
  14. E12 - Queen's Indian (4,354)
  15. B23 - Sicilian, Closed (4,275)
  16. C42 - Petrov Defense (4,233)
  17. E15 - Queen's Indian (4,136)
  18. B30 - Sicilian (4,125)
  19. D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined (3,916)
  20. E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense (3,799)

* What are the most common endings?

1. RPPP vs RPP (8,189)
2. RPPPP vs RPPP (7,483)
3. RPP vs RP (7,127)
4. RPPP vs RPPP (4,461)
5. RPPPP vs RPPPP (4,451)
6. RPP vs RPP (3,656)
7. RP vs R (2,695)
8. RBPPP vs RNPPP (2,505)
9. RPPP vs RP (2,485)
10. RBPPP vs RBPP (2,287)
11. BPPPP vs NPPPP (2,221)
12. RPPPP vs RPP (2,184)
13. RPP vs R (2,150)
14. BPPPP vs BPPP (2,097)
15. RP vs RP (1,788)
16. RBPPP vs RBPPP (1,785)
17. BPPP vs BPP (1,744)
18. BPPP vs NPPP (1,727)
19. QPPPP vs QPPP (1,576)
20. BPPPP vs BPPPP (1,489)
21. RNPPP vs RBPP (1,426)
22. RBPPP vs RNPP (1,378)
23. RPPPPP vs RPPP (1,359)
24. RNPPP vs RNPP (1,296)
25. QPPP vs QPP (1,223)
26. BPPPP vs NPPP (1,209)
27. NPPPP vs BPPP (1,209)
28. NPPP vs NPP (1,161)
29. NPPP vs BPP (1,149)
30. NPPPP vs NPPP (1,144)

* Which chessgames.com users have kibitzed the most?

1. acirce (24,712)
2. jessicafischerqueen (22,324)
3. percyblakeney (19,882)
4. WannaBe (17,470)
5. whiteshark (14,728)
6. notyetagm (14,625)
7. Open Defence (14,160)
8. chancho (14,025)
9. brankat (12,735)
10. Domdaniel (11,782)
11. ughaibu (11,507)
12. RookFile (10,954)
13. chessmoron (10,816)
14. Sneaky (10,788)
15. Eyal (10,518)
16. EmperorAtahualpa (10,364)
17. Jim Bartle (10,153)
18. slomarko (9,797)
19. suenteus po 147 (9,687)
20. achieve (9,671)
21. Knight13 (9,585)
22. keypusher (9,431)
23. ahmadov (9,341)
24. aw1988 (9,093)
25. Whitehat1963 (9,051)
26. Tabanus (8,514)
27. square dance (8,507)
28. Ulhumbrus (8,434)
29. YouRang (8,419)
30. twinlark (8,220)
31. virginmind (8,152)
32. hitman84 (7,888)
33. patzer2 (7,738)
34. Karpova (7,600)
35. technical draw (7,292)
36. Gypsy (7,273)
37. iron maiden (7,196)
38. WhiteRook48 (7,168)
39. Benzol (7,148)
40. tpstar (7,104)

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

  1. Kibitzer's Café (84,425)
  2. The World vs G Timmerman, 2007 (44,544)
  3. Magnus Carlsen (39,772)
  4. Wesley So (39,490)
  5. Vladimir Kramnik (36,003)
  6. Robert James Fischer (31,506)
  7. Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match (2006) (28,977)
  8. The World vs A Nickel, 2006 (26,644)
  9. A Nickel vs The World, 2008 (23,259)
  10. Y Shulman vs The World, 2007 (20,939)
  11. Veselin Topalov (16,435)
  12. Garry Kasparov (13,161)
  13. Viswanathan Anand (12,524)
  14. FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007) (11,907)
  15. Battle of the Brains II, 2008 (11,497)
  16. Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008) (10,985)
  17. M Umansky vs The World, 2009 (10,451)
  18. Corus (2007) (9,161)
  19. FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) (8,388)
  20. Raymond Keene (7,836)
  21. Corus (2008) (7,653)
  22. Odd Lie (7,280)
  23. Linares-Morelia (2007) (7,172)
  24. Nigel Short (6,453)
  25. Corus Chess Tournament (2005) (6,286)
  26. Zsuzsa Polgar (6,201)
  27. Battle of the Brains, 2007 (5,902)
  28. Team White vs Team Black, 2006 (5,883)
  29. Hikaru Nakamura (5,724)
  30. Paul Morphy (5,545)

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

  1. Kasparov vs Ulf Andersson, 1981 (given 269 times, par: 42)
  2. Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983 (given 266 times, par: 59)
  3. Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (given 182 times, par: 32)
  4. Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890 (given 171 times, par: 5)
  5. Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 (given 167 times, par: 17)
  6. Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849 (given 154 times, par: 46)
  7. Philidor vs NN, 1749 (given 150 times, par: 63)
  8. J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850 (given 145 times, par: 18)
  9. Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (given 139 times, par: 35)
  10. Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (given 139 times, par: 37)
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 (478)
  2. Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 (390)
  3. Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (348)
  4. Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (340)
  5. Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907 (311)
  6. Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (271)
  7. Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 (221)
  8. R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963 (216)
  9. Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (215)
  10. Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 (180)
  11. Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 (180)
  12. Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929 (179)
  13. Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (176)
  14. Ed Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912 (176)
  15. S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 (175)
  16. Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895 (174)
  17. Short vs Timman, 1991 (172)
  18. Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924 (169)
  19. Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (167)
  20. Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958 (165)
  21. Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 (164)
  22. Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 (155)
  23. Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 (155)
  24. Samisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 (148)
  25. Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 (134)
  26. Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 (133)
  27. Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 (133)
  28. Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961 (133)
  29. Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 (133)
  30. Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 (129)

* What java viewers are favored by registered users?

  1. Chess Viewer Deluxe (Default) (88.38%)
  2. ChessTutor (5.66%)
  3. None (text only) (1.69%)
  4. Sjkbase (1.54%)
  5. MyChess (1.38%)
  6. MistyBeach (1.36%)


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