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Magnus Carlsen vs Dimitrios Mastrovasilis
World Blitz Championship (2021) (blitz), Warsaw POL, rd 17, Dec-30
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation (B46)  ·  1-0

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Jan-18-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  blazerdoodle: I just thought I'd read some of Carlsen's 1.e4 games and saw he hasn't played it since 2021. Then, puzzled, googled it and saw the question, is 1.e4 falling from favor at 2750 and above? Just curious if this is true.

(I have yet to read that article but thought I'd come here instead.)

Jan-19-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <blazerdoodle> Use the search function on chessgames.com and put in name of a player as White, 1. e4 as the opening, and year as at least 2022.

Results for players above 2750 as of today:

Nepomniachtchi - 95 games
Ding - 61 games
Firouzja - 63 games
Caruana - 102 games
Nakamura - 90 games
Giri - 148 games
Anand - 25 games

So I think reports of the demise of 1. e4 are greatly exaggerated.

Feb-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  blazerdoodle: Thanks! It is a nice little function. I usually just read games (most of which are way over my head). Mind boggling many of these players are.

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