A response widely regarded by theory as leading to inferior positions for white.
#OPENING CHESS EXPLORER PROFESSIONAL#
The fifth most common line at professional level, Nc3, is the most popular line at amateur level occurring 2.5 times more often.The third best line for white, Bb5, is not even on the radar of most amateurs with a measly 7 occurrences from 340 games or 2% of the time.The d4 mainline occurs a whopping 30% less of the time compared to predicted theory.The MyGames Explorer feature on shows me that I have played 340 games of (admittedly blitz) in the Nf6 Scandinavian and my opponents have responded in the following way:Ĭomparing the predicted occurrence of a line in the book to amateur occurrence shows some interesting insight: Now lets compare these statistics to my own experience in online games against 1300 – 1900 rated opposition. This all looks nice and normal right? It would seem that I would be sensible to prioritise looking at d4, c4 and Bb5 lines as part of my study. What I want to look at is the percentages of common lines occurring amongst professional / strong players according to GM Smerdon: Im not going to dwell on Scandinavian opening theory in this article. A wonderful feature for all opening books. The diagram (editors note – taken from Amazon’s preview feature, I don’t know why its grey and blue?!) at the start of Smerdon’s Scandinavian showing the likelihood of each line occurring. One feature I love (which is sadly missing from most opening books) is a diagram outlining the likelihood of facing each line out of every 100 games. I highly recommend Smerdon’s Scandinavian by GM David Smerdon if you are interested in this opening, it really is one of the best opening books I have ever read. Ive been playing the Nf6 Scandinavian for almost 18 months and like most players who want to learn a new opening I bought a book and started playing loads of blitz games. Comparing Profesional to Amateur Opening Statistics – An example Now you know where to find this great feature, lets start to use it to understand how amateur chess players differ from professional and thus aid ourselves in directing our study efforts. With MyGames and black selected I can start to look at the opening statistics of different lines that my opponents play against me online. The second dropdown menu allows you to view your games with black or white.
#OPENING CHESS EXPLORER FULL#
And you will get a full breakdown of statistics for all your games. Change the first dropdown from “Master Games” to “My Games”. The Explorer option is underneath the weird blue and white icon with an arrow on it…Īt the top of the Explorer page are two dropdown menus. When logged into go to “Explorer” in the navigation: Looking at My Games with the opening explorer Fortunately, contains a lovely feature that does just that! Lets first look at what this feature is and where to find it and then we will look at an example using the Nf6 Scandinavian. For a while now I have been interested in the differences between professional and amateur chess players with regards to opening choices.
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