Number of games in the Live database

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Question: I have a Premium Account and frequently use the Live database. The database is supposed to contain almost eight million games. But to my surprise, after login I find a much smaller number of games indicated!

As far as I can see, only 1.8 million games are available in the database. That can be seen in the display of Live Book.

There one finds:

Live Book (Premium): 1.e4 (775,326 games); 1.d4 (633,640 games); 1.Nf3 (181,765 games), ...

Is there something wrong concerning my access?

Answer: For the display of Live Book a different database is used. The statistics are not based on all the games which are saved in the large games database. In order for the statistics to provide the user with conclusive information for the evaluation of an opening, many games have not been taken into account because they were played by players with a low Elo rating. But these absolutely do exist in the large games database.

 

 

 

 

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06.04.2017
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