10 Most Drawn Openings
| Rank | Opening | Draw (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogo-Indian Defense | 42 |
| =1 | Queen’s Indian Defense | 42 |
| 3 | Petroff’s Defense | 39 |
| =3 | Four Knight’s Defense | 39 |
How can I improve my chess opening?
5 Tips for Improving Your Chess Opening
- Control the center.
- Focus on developing your minor pieces.
- Protect the King.
- Move each piece only once.
- Don’t bring the Queen out too early.
How to prepare a good opening repertoire for chess?
1- Choose a repertoire according to your playing style and tastes; 2- Create an opening database on ChessBase, where you will store all your opening analysis; 3- Use the “openings books” from softwares like Fritz, Rybka or Houdini in order to create your general opening guide;
What should be included in an opening repertoire?
Having an opening repertoire means more than just deciding to go 1.d4 or 1.e4 on the first move or deciding to counter 1.e4 with for instance 1…c5 – The Sicilian Defense. Ideally what constitutes an opening repertoire is:
How to create an opening repertoire for Kasparov?
Repeat these steps for all Kasparov’s PGN of the same category (opening) you want to study. Ideally you want to play variations with the most win percentage. Finding this information is done by using the great Tree window. First go to menu File->Open base as tree… and choose your Kasparov white opening database.
When do I need to create a SCID repertoire?
A SCID repertoire focuses more on the positions resulting from the opening you choose. You might not want to create a SCID Repertoire until you’ve perfectly learned your pet openings move by move. I use this feature as a middle game analysis tool and eventually change my opening moves if I don’t want to reach any of the position in the repertoire.
