At 600, the Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation scores 50.8% for White across 4,465 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 20.0% include an early material blunder (10 games at 600).
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Center GameKieseritzky Variation
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3
A line for White. Every figure below is computed separately for each rating band, and every one carries its own sample size.
- Win rate, White
- 50.8%53.0%52.8%54.0%
- Band 600, n = 4,465Band 1000, n = 28,156Band 1400, n = 24,889Band 1800, n = 44,106
- Blunder rate
- 20.0%27.8%42.6%30.1%
- Band median 44.6%Band median 42.9%Band median 40.0%Band median 36.4%
- Tier
- AABA
- White, band 600White, band 1000White, band 1400White, band 1800
- Share of games
- 0.1%0.2%0.2%0.2%
- Of band 600 gamesOf band 1000 gamesOf band 1400 gamesOf band 1800 games
| Band | White | Draw | Black | Blunder | Book exit | Games | Tier |
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| 600 | 50.8% | 3.6% | 45.6% | 20.0% | ply 5.0 | 4,465 | A |
| 1000 | 53.0% | 2.7% | 44.4% | 27.8% | ply 5.0 | 28,156 | A |
| 1400 | 52.8% | 3.2% | 44.1% | 42.6% | ply 5.0 | 24,889 | B |
| 1800 | 54.0% | 3.6% | 42.5% | 30.1% | ply 5.0 | 44,106 | A |
Results by band
What it actually does, band by band.
All four bands are on the page. The one matching your rating is marked. Nothing here is averaged across bands.
At 1000, the Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation scores 53.0% for White across 28,156 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 27.8% include an early material blunder (54 games at 1000).
At 1400, the Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation scores 52.8% for White across 24,889 games. That is close to the average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 42.6% include an early material blunder (47 games at 1400).
At 1800, the Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation scores 54.0% for White across 44,106 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 30.1% include an early material blunder (73 games at 1800).
Questions
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At 600, the Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation scores 50.8% for White across 4,465 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 20.0% include an early material blunder (10 games at 600).
At 1000, the Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation scores 53.0% for White across 28,156 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 27.8% include an early material blunder (54 games at 1000).
The Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation (C21) is a line for White. The main line runs 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3.