1.e4 | 1,185,960 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 960,101 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,728 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,987 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,897 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,604 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,958 | 48% | 2376 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,917 | 50% | 2383 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Ne2 e6 7.0-0 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5 9.Nbc3 Nc6 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Be7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Re1 Ne5 17.Bf4 Nbd7 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.f4 0-0 20.Rxe5 Qc4 21.f5 Rad8 22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.axb3 Be8 24.Rxc5 Rd2 25.Rc7 Bc6 26.Re1 Rxg2+ 27.Kf1 Rxh2 28.Ree7 g6 29.Kg1 Rh3 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxf5 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Ree7 Rb8 34.Kg2 Rh5 35.b4 a6 36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.Rgf7 g5 38.Kg3 Rh4 39.b5 axb5 40.Rf5 Rc4 41.Rd7 Rg8 42.Rxb5 Rh4 43.Rbxb7 Rh5 44.Kg4 Rh4+ 45.Kg3 Rh6 46.b4 g4 47.b5 Rh3+ 48.Kg2 Rh6 49.Kg3 Rh3+ 50.Kg2 Rh5 - Start an analysis engine:
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