Tell me some general statistics about the database.

# of games in database: 1,894,476
Years covered: 0 to 2025 (2026 years)

All time controls (1,894,476 games)
White wins 711,787 games (37.57%)
Black wins 536,165 games (28.30%)
646,469 games are drawn (34.12%)

Only classical time controls (1,719,291 games)
White wins 640,816 games (37.27%)
Black wins 480,811 games (27.97%)
597,629 games are drawn (34.76%)

Only non-classical time controls (175,185 games)
White wins 70,971 games (40.51%)
Black wins 55,354 games (31.60%)
48,840 games are drawn (27.88%)

Average # of moves per game: 40.62
Average Elo rating of rated players: 2165

# of games with annotation: 2,313 (0.12%)
# of games with kibitzing: 186,077 (9.82%)
# of kibitzes in total: 4,961,968

# of registered users: 353,245
# of users registered in last 30 days: 354 (0.10%)
# of registered users seen in last 90 days: 4,449 (1.26%)

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. Wesley So (2822)
6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2820)
7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819)
8. Vladimir Kramnik (2817)
9. Viswanathan Anand (2817)
10. Ding Liren (2816)
11. Veselin Topalov (2816)
12. Hikaru Nakamura (2816)
13. Alexander Grischuk (2810)
14. Alireza Firouzja (2804)
15. Arjun Erigaisi (2801)
16. Anish Giri (2798)
17. Dommaraju Gukesh (2794)
18. Teimour Radjabov (2793)
19. Sergey Karjakin (2788)
20. Alexander Morozevich (2788)
21. Vasyl Ivanchuk (2787)
22. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2785)
23. Bobby Fischer (2785)
24. Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784)
25. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2783)
26. Anatoly Karpov (2780)
27. Boris Gelfand (2777)
28. Peter Svidler (2769)
29. Leinier Dominguez Perez (2768)
30. Ruslan Ponomariov (2768)
31. Pentala Harikrishna (2766)
32. Pavel Eljanov (2765)
33. Wei Yi (2763)
34. Hao Wang (2763)
35. Gata Kamsky (2763)
36. Peter Leko (2763)
37. Yangyi Yu (2762)
38. Vugar Gashimov (2761)
39. Michael Adams (2761)
40. Richard Rapport (2760)

What players have the most games in the database?

1. Magnus Carlsen (5,247)
2. Viktor Korchnoi (4,876)
3. Hikaru Nakamura (4,755)
4. Vasyl Ivanchuk (4,271)
5. Levon Aronian (4,258)
6. Viswanathan Anand (4,065)
7. Ivan Farago (4,018)
8. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (3,913)
9. Fabiano Caruana (3,803)
10. Anatoly Karpov (3,696)
11. Jan Timman (3,691)
12. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (3,585)
13. Boris Gelfand (3,525)
14. Alexey Shirov (3,516)
15. Peter Svidler (3,487)
16. Alexander Grischuk (3,442)
17. Svetozar Gligoric (3,372)
18. Wesley So (3,330)
19. Michael Adams (3,288)
20. Vlastimil Hort (3,285)
21. Oleg Romanishin (3,254)
22. Vladimir Kramnik (3,250)
23. Pia Cramling (3,246)
24. Aleksey Dreev (3,123)
25. Ian Nepomniachtchi (3,104)
26. Borislav Ivkov (3,100)
27. Loek van Wely (3,086)
28. Nigel Short (3,076)
29. Anish Giri (3,066)
30. Lajos Portisch (3,031)
31. Alexander Beliavsky (3,017)
32. Mikhail Tal (2,960)
33. Sergey Karjakin (2,925)
34. Vlastimil Jansa (2,917)
35. Tony Miles (2,840)
36. Vasily Smyslov (2,821)
37. Wolfgang Uhlmann (2,779)
38. Bojan Kurajica (2,761)
39. Ulf Andersson (2,687)
40. Bent Larsen (2,633)

Which players most often make winning sacrifices?

1. Andrey Dadian (60.00%)
2. Emil Diemer (39.06%)
3. Paul Morphy (36.62%)
4. Igor Nikolayev (34.03%)
5. Ignatz von Kolisch (31.22%)
6. Rezso Charousek (27.51%)
7. John Cochrane (26.68%)
8. Adolf Anderssen (23.38%)
9. Wilhelm Steinitz (23.18%)
10. Johannes Zukertort (22.98%)
11. William Pollock (21.15%)
12. Joseph Blackburne (20.19%)
13. Kurt Richter (20.08%)
14. Daniel Harrwitz (20.05%)
15. Howard Staunton (18.73%)
16. Tassilo von der Lasa (17.88%)
17. Siegbert Tarrasch (17.84%)
18. George Mackenzie (17.34%)
19. David Smerdon (17.10%)
20. Mikhail Chigorin (16.97%)
21. Mikhail Golubev (16.94%)
22. Timur Gareyev (16.86%)
23. Peter Romanovsky (16.85%)
24. Oldrich Duras (16.81%)
25. Georges Koltanowski (16.76%)
26. Harold James Plaskett (16.50%)
27. John Curdo (16.24%)
28. Harry Pillsbury (16.16%)
29. Diego Flores (16.11%)
30. Alexander Alekhine (16.05%)
31. Alvis Vitolinsh (15.99%)
32. Bator Sambuev (15.92%)
33. Gerard Welling (15.80%)
34. Louis Paulsen (15.71%)
35. Eric Schiller (15.68%)
36. Stephen J Solomon (15.64%)
37. Emanuel Lasker (15.64%)
38. Varlam Vepkhvishvili (15.61%)
39. Anthony Santasiere (15.37%)
40. David Janowski (15.32%)

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?

A07 - King's Indian Attack (44,797)
A04 - Reti Opening (32,027)
D02 - Queen's Pawn Game (29,312)
B06 - Robatsch (26,000)
B22 - Sicilian, Alapin (24,354)
B90 - Sicilian, Najdorf (23,000)
A45 - Queen's Pawn Game (21,624)
A46 - Queen's Pawn Game (21,472)
A15 - English (21,265)
B01 - Scandinavian (18,384)
B12 - Caro-Kann Defense (17,896)
B32 - Sicilian (17,547)
B07 - Pirc (17,054)
B30 - Sicilian (16,991)
A00 - Uncommon Opening (16,663)
B40 - Sicilian (15,795)
A13 - English (14,998)
C45 - Scotch Game (14,796)
A06 - Reti Opening (14,750)
D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined (13,945)

What are the most common endings?

1. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (14,820)
2. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (13,427)
3. ♖♙♙ vs ♖♙ (13,253)
4. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (8,485)
5. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙♙ (8,285)
6. ♖♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (6,977)
7. ♖♙ vs ♖ (5,569)
8. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙♙ (4,586)
9. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙ (4,559)
10. ♖♙♙ vs ♖ (4,246)
11. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙ (4,212)
12. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (3,929)
13. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙♙ (3,907)
14. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙ (3,818)
15. ♖♙ vs ♖♙ (3,580)
16. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙♙ (3,333)
17. ♗♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙ (3,203)
18. ♗♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (3,157)
19. ♕♙♙♙♙ vs ♕♙♙♙ (2,870)
20. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙♙ (2,821)
21. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙ (2,568)
22. ♖♙♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (2,477)
23. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,441)
24. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,395)
25. ♕♙♙♙ vs ♕♙♙ (2,257)
26. ♘♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙ (2,162)
27. ♖♗♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,159)
28. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (2,130)
29. ♘♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙ (2,105)
30. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙♙ (2,061)

Which chessgames.com users have kibitzed the most?

1. HeMateMe (89,464)
2. saffuna (75,769)
3. perfidious (66,823)
4. harrylime (52,471)
5. Jim Bartle (49,847)
6. WannaBe (49,177)
7. OhioChessFan (49,136)
8. jessicafischerqueen (46,689)
9. diceman (46,592)
10. chancho (44,550)
11. cormier (43,916)
12. whiteshark (39,711)
13. al wazir (36,440)
14. Colonel Mortimer (33,993)
15. keypusher (31,367)
16. Domdaniel (30,777)
17. Bobsterman3000 (30,479)
18. FSR (30,449)
19. Travis Bickle (30,382)
20. wordfunph (28,672)
21. acirce (27,865)
22. TheFocus (27,354)
23. Big Pawn (26,866)
24. Marmot PFL (26,107)
25. MissScarlett (25,156)
26. offramp (24,483)
27. Ulhumbrus (24,391)
28. SugarDom (23,853)
29. notyetagm (23,550)
30. percyblakeney (23,403)
31. Tabanus (23,012)
32. thegoodanarchist (22,754)
33. technical draw (22,033)
34. Abdel Irada (22,017)
35. Open Defence (21,704)
36. zanzibar (21,536)
37. Shams (21,008)
38. Eyal (19,106)
39. brankat (18,786)
40. WinKing (18,752)

Which pages on chessgames.com have the most kibitzing?

0 (479,878)

Kibitzer's Café (320,766)

Wesley So (212,384)

Kenneth Rogoff (98,594)

Magnus Carlsen (83,751)

Chessgames - Sports (72,385)

Bobby Fischer (56,752)

The World vs G Timmerman, 2007 (44,598)

Vladimir Kramnik (41,186)

Biographer Bistro (32,535)

Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match (2006) (29,030)

The World vs N Pogonina, 2010 (26,713)

The World vs A Nickel, 2006 (26,661)

A Nickel vs The World, 2008 (23,261)

Hikaru Nakamura (21,429)

The World vs V Akobian, 2012 (21,222)

Shulman vs The World, 2007 (20,941)

Chessgames - Odd Lie (19,199)

Viswanathan Anand (18,999)

Garry Kasparov (18,646)

The World vs Naiditsch, 2014 (17,668)

Veselin Topalov (17,487)

S Williams vs The World, 2013 (14,940)

Eugenio Torre (14,612)

M Umansky vs The World, 2009 (12,340)

World Championship Candidates (2013) (12,088)

World Championship Tournament (2007) (11,917)

Battle of the Brains II, 2008 (11,501)

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008) (11,072)

Nigel Short (10,395)

Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010) (10,101)

Raymond Keene (10,041)

Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013) (9,773)

Louis Stumpers (9,313)

Corus Group A (2007) (9,159)

FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) (8,413)

World Championship Candidates (2011) (8,277)

V Akobian vs The World, 2011 (8,262)

Edmund Beronio (8,036)

World Championship Candidates (2007) (7,778)

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

P Troeger vs Tal, 1960 (given 1568 times, par: 34)

Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 (given 588 times, par: 16)

Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981 (given 541 times, par: 44)

Fischer vs J Altusky, 1954 (given 541 times, par: 13)

J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850 (given 516 times, par: 19)

Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (given 471 times, par: 33)

Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 (given 459 times, par: 32)

NN vs Greco, 1620 (given 421 times, par: 98)

J Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002 (given 394 times, par: 10)

Greco vs NN, 1620 (given 376 times, par: 22)

Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (given 375 times, par: 36)

Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (given 371 times, par: 41)

Kasparov vs A Beliavsky, 1983 (given 363 times, par: 60)

Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 (given 350 times, par: 43)

Greco vs NN, 1620 (given 348 times, par: 56)

Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890 (given 329 times, par: 5)

Morphy vs A Meek, 1855 (given 328 times, par: 25)

Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857 (given 305 times, par: 13)

Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (given 305 times, par: 30)

Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956 (given 294 times, par: 24)

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 (1211)
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 (1098)
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (1019)
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907 (967)
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 (943)
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963 (860)
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924 (829)
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 (816)
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895 (813)
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (721)
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 (695)
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 (695)
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 (671)
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 (669)
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 (657)
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 (640)
Short vs Timman, 1991 (619)
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 (619)
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 (612)
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923 (602)
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958 (576)
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 (571)
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 (564)
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 (557)
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914 (550)
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 (548)
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912 (546)
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 (536)
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 (530)
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914 (525)
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930 (522)
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921 (515)
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 (513)
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 (512)
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914 (504)
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961 (500)
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 (496)
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924 (474)
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 (461)
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927 (458)

Also see our Notable Games for games broke down by year, decade, and century.