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Aleksei Sarana's openings
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Aleksei Sarana's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Queen's Gambit Declined (36 games, 68% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (38 games, 78% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Aleksei Sarana scores best
As Black
Where Aleksei Sarana scores below ratings
Where Aleksei Sarana scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
70%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
70% score
As Black
150
69% score
Rating
3304
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
36
68%
23/3/10
3039
3183
31
68%
20/2/9
3096
3237
19
84%
16/0/3
3069
3342
11
59%
5/3/3
3108
3180
8
88%
7/0/1
3077
3377
4
63%
2/1/1
3113
3213
4
100%
4/0/0
2913
3313
4
50%
2/0/2
3204
3204
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
38
78%
28/3/7
3092
3313
16
88%
14/0/2
3060
3360
14
54%
6/3/5
3201
3229
11
59%
5/3/3
3157
3229
8
31%
2/1/5
3205
3055
8
75%
5/2/1
3063
3263
7
50%
3/1/3
3092
3092
5
60%
3/0/2
3120
3200
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. Aleksei Sarana on Chess.com
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