This RHP database has some cool information...(it contains over 10 1/2 million games). The move played most often 1.e4 doesn't have the best win ratio.... Both 1.d4 and 1.c4 share this top spot. Then comes, believe it or not, 1. f4 and 1. Nf3. If you're looking to play the worst first move, it's 1.Na3 ..
with a little digging around in the Games explorer, you can see which RHP player uses 1.f4 the most......
off topic...wasn't Simon Webb the Englishman who was killed by his son ?
@ogbsaid This RHP database has some cool information...(it contains over 10 1/2 million games). The move played most often 1.e4 doesn't have the best win ratio.... Both 1.d4 and 1.c4 share this top spot. Then comes, believe it or not, 1. f4 and 1. Nf3. If you're looking to play the worst first move, it's 1.Na3 ..
Do you want some big guns to show us that they can win against us using Na3 ?
edit I looked it up Nh3 fares worse (by 1% point) for white and it has been played much more often.
@schlectersaid 1. Nf3 make sense. 1 f4 is not for Grand Masters, but in other kind of games, like club, blitz or just for fun is a very interesting opening
I have switched to the King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 for all my White games. It is less boring than Ruy Lopez, Sicilian, Italian, Four Knights, etc, etc.
With the KIA, it is Black who decides the opening's pawn structure , so each game is different....
Only games that last 6 moves or more are shown so you will not
see all the Fool's and Scholars mates. You can see all the times
that White went for Scholars Mate, got it, but did not play it.
60 times (so far) this position has arisen. (White to play)
And White has not played 4.Qxf7 mate. When they did: we cannot see it.
Any reasonable opening here is OK. The vast majority of games are decided by
an outright blunder or a low level tactical oversight (the two move trick).
It's the game load. We are all giving and taking part in simultaneous displays.
14 Jul '21 22:55
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