Chess openings for Beginners

A Statistical Approach

Statistics show that low-rated chess players often lose the game before it starts. The opening moves from these players differ from high-rated players. Players that are new to the game are often given bad advice, setting their progression back. Using statistics to analyze openings will help low-rated players improve. 

Topics to Explore

• Strongest first moves for white
• Countering 1. e4
• Show the differences between low-rated, high-rated, and the world champions

Countering the Conventional Wisdom

Beginners often study weaker moves that are not played at higher levels. The first google-search result  for openings contains a list of five openings. But in 15 world championship games, only one from this list was played. Magnus Carlsen played the Sicilian Defense (c5) 7 times against Caurana’s 1.e4. 

Next Steps

• Make a larger database of chess games for all elo’s
• Make a database of championship games.
• I want to make a program that shows popularity and win-rates of  openings as a user plays through them.