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With 84,637,318 games on record, the patterns below come from the largest practical sample available.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"history-and-notable-players","History and Notable Players",[10,24,25,26,31],{},"It arises from the ",[27,28,30],"a",{"href":29},"/resources/openings/e5","Open Games (1...e5)",".",[19,33,35],{"id":34},"performance-across-rating-levels","Performance Across Rating Levels",[10,37,38],{},"The picture changes a lot as you climb the rating ladder. Among 1200-rated players, it appears in 2.48% of games — 16,734,280 of them on record — with White winning 50.9% and Black 45.3%. At 1800 the opening surfaces in 1.26% of games; White wins 53.6%, Black 42.5%, draws 3.9%. At 2500, 0.26% of games go into this opening; draws sit at 8.8% — the line is well-mapped at this level.",[19,40,42],{"id":41},"time-control-patterns","Time Control Patterns",[10,44,45],{},"The Center Game skews toward rapid chess. In bullet, it appears in 1.38% of games (36,557,075); White wins 52.7%. 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