Openings List

Openings Search
Openings Table

The Openings List allows you to browse the openings stored in the database, searching and sorting the openings by a number of different criteria.

Openings Search

You can search for openings based on the following criteria:
Piece Colour

The colour of the last player to move in an opening line, in other words, the piece colour of the player, that chose this particular line.

Minimum Games Played

The minimum number of games that must have been played in the opening for it to appear in the search results.

Opening Name(s)

The name of the opening(s) to search for. Multiple opening names can be entered by separating them with a semi-colon. You don't need to enter for the full name of the opening for it to match, for example entering Dragon will match the standard Sicilian dragon, as well as the accelerated dragon.

ECO Code(s)

The ECO code of the openings you wish to see. Multiple ECO codes can be entered by separating them with semi-colons. ECO ranges can also be entered in the format B50-B56. Multiple ranges can also be entered such as B50-B56;B60-B70.

Openings Table

Opening

The name of the opening.

Colour

The colour of the pieces played by the last player to move in the opening line.

Num Games

The total number of games that used this opening.

ECO

The ECO classification for this opening.

Last Played

The date this opening was most recently played.

Perf Rating

The performance rating for this opening. This is the performance rating of all the games this rating was played in.

Avg Player

The average rating of players who choose to play this opening.

Player Win %

The total % of games in which the player who choose this opening won.

Draw %

The total % of games in which this opening was played that led to a draw.

Opponent Win %

The total % of games in which the player who choose this opening lost (i.e. their opponent won).

Moves

The moves which define this opening.

Note

Because opening tagging is transposition aware, it is possible for a game to be tagged with an opening, without using the exact move sequence listed.