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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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