III · Opening Repertoire
Slide 07
Decisive rates across 12,400 grandmaster games · 2020–2024

Sharp openings still defy the draw

Decisive game rate by opening family · Classical time control · 2700+ Elo
0 25 50 75 % 68% 64% 61% 55% 48% 42% 31% Sicilian King's Ind. Grünfeld French Caro-Kann QGD Berlin Decisive = win or loss, excluding draws. Classical master games only.
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