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performance % for Michael Adams playing white is also given at 59.6%
Black games and performance statistics
Opening statistics show the 8 most popular openings the player played with the White and Black
pieces.
Under the player's opening statistics section you can again click any statistic marked in blue to populate
the Game Explorer game list with the games matching the criteria, for example clicking on the 54 games
next to Sicilian Defence, Najdorf will show those games involving Michael Adams where the Sicilian Nadjorf
opening was played. This innovative hyper-linked connectivity between Players, Openings and Games is a
very powerful and convenient mechanism to rapidly access games in particular openings.
The opening statistics are particularly useful if you are interested in a particular opening or a particular
player and the openings they play. This is very useful for preparation.
When you view the Information tab for the database you get an overview of the games played in the
database, here is an example from the TopGames database:
Here you can see the overall statistics including wins, draws, losses and unfinished games.
The opening statistics are very interesting and cover the whole database showing the 20 most popular
openings for white or black.
You can click any hypertext in blue and HIARCS Chess Explorer will populate the Game Explorer game list
with the games matching the criteria,for example clicking the +274 on the Grunfled Defence Classical line
will show all the white wins in the Classical Grunfeld opening in the game list. This innovative feature gives a
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