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ECO2

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 %
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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