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Your first masterclass

Against the Sicilian

The Najdorf: 6.f3 and the d5 square

♔ White · Chapter 1 of 5

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Your masterclasses

The openings you actually play, understood move by move.

Your lessons

One series per kind of mistake, the most frequent first.

  1. Hanging piecesYour move left material hanging. Find the safe move.258times in your games
    0/24
  2. Calculation and planning errorsMiddlegame: the move played swings the evaluation.225times in your games
    0/24
  3. Missed tacticsThe position had a winning move. You walked past it.101times in your games
    0/24
  4. Spoiled endgamesFew pieces left, but precision counts double.69times in your games
    0/24
  5. Mates allowedYour move allowed a forced mate. Find the defence.16times in your games
    0/16
  6. Missed matesYou had a forced mate and did not play it. Find it.6times in your games
    0/6
Your analysis

The numbers behind your lessons

1,147 blunders found in these games. Here is where they come from.

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Alapin Sicilian (2.c3) as White

31 games, 38.7% of the points scored: this is the opening that costs you the most, the equivalent of 4 games lost against an even score.

Compare your openings

Your numbers
How to read this
A 50% score means you break even: a win is worth 1 point, a draw 0.5.

46.8%your overall score348 wins · 53 draws · 399 losses
49.0%as White2.2 pts above your average
44.6%as Black4.4 pts lower than as White
1.43blunders per gamea blunder = a move that costs you at least 20 points of winning chances

Your openings
How to read this
Sorted by number of games. The bar starts at 50%: to the left you lose points, to the right you gain them. The light mark is your average score.
Out of the opening: the average edge Stockfish measures at move 12 (+1.0 ≈ a pawn up for you). Bad starts: the share of these games already clearly worse by move 12.

As White

Against the Sicilian95 games · −0.2 out of the opening · 13% bad starts
48.4%
Masterclass →
Against the Caro-Kann54 games · −0.1 out of the opening · 11% bad starts
51.9%
Masterclass →
Against the French50 games · −0.2 out of the opening · 10% bad starts
45.0%
Alapin Sicilian (2.c3)31 games · +0.2 out of the opening · 10% bad starts
38.7%
Giuoco Piano Game30 games · +0.2 out of the opening · 7% bad starts
41.7%

As Black

Against the Ruy Lopez41 games · +0.2 out of the opening · 8% bad starts
57.3%
Masterclass →
Against the English (1.c4)36 games · −0.6 out of the opening · 20% bad starts
41.7%
French Defense34 games · −0.1 out of the opening · 6% bad starts
41.2%
Sicilian Defense27 games · −0.6 out of the opening · 19% bad starts
50.0%