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GothamChess's openings
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GothamChess's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: Trompowsky Attack as White (37 games, 54% score); Scandinavian Defense as Black (30 games, 65% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where GothamChess scores below ratings
Where GothamChess scores best
As Black
Where GothamChess scores below ratings
Where GothamChess scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
59%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
57% score
As Black
150
62% score
Rating
2927
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
37
54%
17/6/14
2883
2915
31
61%
17/4/10
2841
2931
21
55%
10/3/8
2873
2911
12
42%
5/0/7
2849
2782
10
65%
6/1/3
2794
2914
6
67%
3/2/1
2844
2977
6
33%
2/0/4
2877
2743
4
75%
3/0/1
2829
3029
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
19
58%
9/4/6
2866
2929
12
67%
7/2/3
2841
2974
9
67%
6/0/3
2889
3022
8
81%
6/1/1
2892
3142
7
93%
6/1/0
2805
3147
6
67%
3/2/1
2765
2898
5
60%
3/0/2
2826
2906
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. GothamChess on Chess.com
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