Does anyone know of any statistics regarding the success of players by opening?

i.e. Ruy lopez = Paul Keres etc

Thanks.

I would believe their success was huge which is why they were named after the system, however, their systems are not as dominant today whatever they may be based on theories to counteract thier play.

hi thats not quite what i meant,

I meant something more like:

Ruy Lopez = 1.Capablanca 81% 2.Fischer 78% 3.Alekhine 76% etc

1...a6 Tony Miles

morphy
KGA
24-1-1
KGD
8-1-3
(win-loss-draw)

Originally posted by Habeascorp
1...a6 Tony Miles

Fischer had a 72% winning percentage. I would say that is dominant in all openings he played by far. He also played the Bc4 sicilian with great percentages.

I bet Kasparov's record as Black with the Scheveningen was very high indeed!!

You'd get a lot of lower masters who were experts in their opening systems and/or played in closed rating pools, i.e.; The Grob- Claude Bloodgood III