Opening explorer over 1,964,188 over-the-board games. Online games are searchable and count for prep, but are excluded from opening statistics.
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 31,280 | 43% 35% 22% | 2296 | 2026 |
| Nc3 | 12,864 | 42% 33% 25% | 2238 | 2026 |
| cxd5 | 8,048 | 31% 47% 22% | 2263 | 2026 |
| e3 | 1,767 | 39% 34% 27% | 2192 | 2026 |
| g3 | 85 | 40% 22% 38% | 2017 | 2026 |
| Qc2 | 59 | 32% 37% 31% | 2045 | 2026 |
| Nd2 | 38 | 32% 37% 32% | 2099 | 2025 |
| Bf4 | 35 | 37% 29% 34% | 2094 | 2024 |
| Qb3 | 7 | 43% 43% 14% | 2176 | 2019 |
| b3 | 6 | 33% 17% 50% | 1870 | 2026 |
| a4 | 3 | 67% 33% | 1793 | 2021 |
| e4 | 3 | 33% 67% | 1975 | 2019 |
| c5 | 3 | 100% | 1834 | 2019 |
| Bg5 | 1 | 100% | 2226 | 2023 |
| h3 | 1 | 100% | 1650 | 2014 |
| Qd3 | 1 | 100% | 2057 | 2024 |
Top games
| Aronian, L2805–Carlsen, M2877 | ½-½ | 41st Olympiad Open 2014 | 2014 |
| Carlsen, M2876–Topalov, V2798 | 0-1 | 3rd Norway Chess 2015 | 2015 |
| Carlsen, M2881–Anand, V2785 | 0-1 | FIDE World Rapid 2014 | 2014 |
| Carlsen, M2877–Nakamura, Hi2787 | 1-0 | 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 | 2014 |
| Firouzja, Alireza2793–Carlsen, M2864 | 0-1 | SuperUnited Blitz 2022 | 2022 |
| Carlsen, M2881–Nakamura, Hi2772 | 1-0 | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 | 2014 |
| So, W2808–Carlsen, M2840 | ½-½ | 79th Tata Steel GpA | 2017 |
| Carlsen, M2864–Karjakin, Sergey2782 | 1-0 | 8th Tal Mem Blitz | 2013 |
| Mamedyarov, S2764–Carlsen, M2882 | ½-½ | 7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 | 2019 |
| Giri, A2776–Carlsen, M2870 | ½-½ | Tata Steel India Blitz | 2019 |