The ICC database contains over 5.8 million games as of 8/23/04. The following is a breakdown of wins/draws/losses for White in each opening, along with the ECO codes that represent each listed opening. Read "help search" for more information on how to explore the master database on ICC. Thanks to erict for collecting these statistics. Opening name ECO White-draws-Black White % Draw % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alekhine B02-05 38742- 7831-35188 52.17 9.57 Benko Gambit A57-59 25151- 5102-22216 52.79 9.72 Benoni Defense A56, 60-79 36434- 6043-30867 53.79 8.23 Bird's Opening A02-03 77672-19610-69040 52.59 11.79 Bishop's Opening C23-24 9208- 2221- 8468 51.85 11.16 Bogo-Indian E11 13079- 3305-10266 55.27 12.40 Budapest A52 3663- 730- 3364 51.92 9.41 Caro-Kann B10-19 108335-25313-100010 51.78 10.83 -Advance B12 29364- 5433-27040 51.87 8.78 -Classical B18-19 15893- 4556-14358 52.20 13.08 -Panov-Botvinnik B13-14 21944- 5925-20265 51.74 12.30 -5. e6 or g6 B14 12054- 3203-10525 52.96 12.42 -Other B13 9890- 2722- 9740 50.33 12.17 Catalan E00-09 17367- 5235-14428 53.96 14.13 Center Counter B01 62534-13809-63536 49.64 9.87 Center Game C21-22 5820- 1224- 5477 51.36 9.77 Dutch Defense A80-99 27235- 5906-23198 53.58 10.48 English A10-39 145649-34633-127442 52.95 11.25 -1. ... c6 A11-12 10497- 2640- 9273 52.73 11.78 -1. ... e6 A13-14 15490- 3789-12967 53.91 11.75 -1. ... Nf6 A15-19 24706- 5347-21143 53.47 10.44 -1. ... e5 A20-29 35980- 9016-33557 51.54 11.47 -1. ... c5 A30-39 41692-10594-35483 53.53 12.07 Evans Gambit C51-52 3011- 757- 2354 55.36 12.36 Four Knights Game C47-49 17278- 5538-16648 50.79 14.03 French Defense C00-19 199793-40765-167338 53.97 9.99 -Advance C02 22341- 3984-21622 50.74 8.30 -Tarrasch C03-09 41941- 9295-31585 56.25 11.22 -Closed Variation C05-06 19106- 3295-13495 57.81 9.17 -Winawer C15-19 38443- 7207-30311 55.35 9.48 -Other C00-01, 10-14 97068-20279-83820 53.29 10.08 Giuoco Piano C50, 53-54 11400- 3209-10935 50.91 12.56 Grunfeld Defense D80-99 32265- 9730-28604 52.59 13.78 King's Gambit C30-39 15219- 3249-14212 51.54 9.94 King's Indian Defense A48-49, E60-99 161276-31703-130898 54.68 9.78 -Averbakh E73-75 6496- 1011- 5007 55.94 8.07 -Fianchetto E62-69 17540- 3696-13935 55.12 10.50 -Four Pawns E76-79 5645- 926- 4407 55.63 8.43 -Orthodox E94-99 29610- 5823-22509 56.12 10.04 -Samisch E80-89 16439- 3071-12901 55.45 9.47 King's Pawn Game B00, C20, 46 38202- 6629-33190 53.21 8.49 Latvian Counter-Gambit C40 10026- 1887- 9601 50.98 8.77 Modern (Robatsch) Def. A41-42, B06 59728-11583-54657 52.01 9.19 -Averbakh System A42 7901- 1600- 7736 50.47 9.28 Neo-Grunfeld Defense D70-79 6441- 1742- 5528 53.32 12.70 Nimzo-Indian Defense E20-59 54111-14812-49927 51.76 12.46 -Classical E32-39 17961- 5588-16295 52.09 14.02 -Samisch E24-29 3918- 781- 3622 51.77 9.38 -4. e3 E40-59 19911- 5776-18126 52.03 13.18 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack A01