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Wesley So's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 6· 🇺🇸·
Wesley So's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: English Opening as White (17 games, 85% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (27 games, 74% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Wesley So scores below ratings
Where Wesley So scores best
As Black
Where Wesley So scores below ratings
Where Wesley So scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
73%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
78% score
As Black
150
68% score
Rating
3314
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
17
85%
14/1/2
2954
3236
17
79%
13/1/3
2980
3215
16
59%
8/3/5
3066
3141
16
75%
11/2/3
3157
3357
10
95%
9/1/0
3090
3450
10
80%
8/0/2
3075
3315
8
88%
7/0/1
3114
3414
7
71%
5/0/2
3120
3291
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
27
74%
18/4/5
3081
3273
23
78%
16/4/3
3029
3255
15
70%
10/1/4
3033
3193
12
63%
6/3/3
3110
3210
9
44%
3/2/4
3209
3164
8
44%
2/3/3
3127
3077
7
71%
4/2/1
3011
3182
7
93%
6/1/0
3126
3468
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Wesley So on Chess.com
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