The following statistics give an insight into our database of chess games and the people who use it.

Tell me some general statistics about the database. # of games in database: 963,556

Years covered: 1475 to 2020 (546 years)

All time controls (963,556 games)

White wins 364,296 games (37.81%)

Black wins 271,606 games (28.19%)

327,625 games are drawn (34.00%)

Only classical time controls (856,242 games)

White wins 320,456 games (37.43%)

Black wins 237,332 games (27.72%)

298,432 games are drawn (34.85%)

Only non-classical time controls (107,314 games)

White wins 43,840 games (40.85%)

Black wins 34,274 games (31.94%)

29,193 games are drawn (27.20%)

Average # of moves per game: 41.08

Average Elo rating of rated players: 2189 # of games with annotation: 2,627 (0.27%)

# of games with kibitzing: 153,990 (15.98%)

# of kibitzes in total: 4,461,817

# of registered users: 272,610

# of users registered in last 30 days: 3,604 (1.32%)

# of registered users seen in last 90 days: 21,295 (7.81%)

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.

What players have the most games in the database?

Which players most often make winning sacrifices?

A07 - King's Indian Attack (21,082) A04 - Reti Opening (15,288) D02 - Queen's Pawn Game (13,818) B06 - Robatsch (12,284) B90 - Sicilian, Najdorf (11,866) B22 - Sicilian, Alapin (11,174) A15 - English (10,854) A46 - Queen's Pawn Game (10,517) A45 - Queen's Pawn Game (10,388) B01 - Scandinavian (9,078) B12 - Caro-Kann Defense (8,814) B32 - Sicilian (8,606) B30 - Sicilian (8,275) B07 - Pirc (8,242) C45 - Scotch Game (7,934) A00 - Uncommon Opening (7,895) B40 - Sicilian (7,530) C42 - Petrov Defense (7,333) A13 - English (7,232) D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined (7,215)

What are the most common endings?

1. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (14,830)

2. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (13,436)

3. ♖♙♙ vs ♖♙ (13,261)

4. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (8,491)

5. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙♙ (8,287)

6. ♖♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (6,979)

7. ♖♙ vs ♖ (5,569)

8. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙♙ (4,592)

9. ♖♙♙♙ vs ♖♙ (4,560)

10. ♖♙♙ vs ♖ (4,246)

11. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙ (4,214)

12. ♖♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙ (3,931)

13. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙♙ (3,909)

14. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙ (3,819)

15. ♖♙ vs ♖♙ (3,581)

16. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙♙ (3,335)

17. ♗♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙ (3,204)

18. ♗♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (3,159)

19. ♕♙♙♙♙ vs ♕♙♙♙ (2,870)

20. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙♙ (2,824)

21. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♗♙♙ (2,570)

22. ♖♙♙♙♙♙ vs ♖♙♙♙ (2,477)

23. ♖♗♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,443)

24. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,395)

25. ♕♙♙♙ vs ♕♙♙ (2,260)

26. ♘♙♙♙♙ vs ♗♙♙♙ (2,166)

27. ♖♗♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙ (2,161)

28. ♗♙♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙♙ (2,131)

29. ♘♙♙♙ vs ♘♙♙ (2,105)

30. ♖♘♙♙♙ vs ♖♘♙♙♙ (2,061)



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