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Questions tagged [statistics]

Questions about game statistics, e.g. the winning percentage of a "line," the probability of some event occurring in a game, or player statistics.

Questions about chess statistics, e.g. the winning percentage of an opening, the probability of some event occurring in a game, or player statistics.

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Is it true that Chess is generally more played by men?

I have recently heard that the only 5% percent out of entire chess players are women. I find this suspicious. Who says that only men can play chess? Is this statistic true, and if it is, why?
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Why are games more likely to last 60, 80 and 120 moves?

I've downloaded and parsed the king-base chess database (about 1.5 million games) and am looking at distribution of moves for games. When plotting the distribution for different outcomes, I see spikes at 80, 100 and 120 moves (and smaller spikes for…
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Is there a way to figure out what the average number of moves would be if all games were played to completion?

Is there a way to figure out the average number of moves of a game? Looking at games on record, it is 40 or so. OK, but what about in pure chess sense? For instance, I was looking at game in which one player won Queen for Rook in the middle game.…
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Can the total number of possible wins/draws/losses be calculated?

http://s13.postimg.org/miyhhh113/chess_finite_graph.png I'm trying to imagine the finite graph of all positions in chess. Due to the sheer number of possible positions, it is impossible with current technology to build an exhaustive database. Such…
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Which officer type makes (on average) the most moves in a chess game?

I suppose K the least (endgame will up the ante for K, but not that many games will reach the endgame) and N the most (the knight is slow in regrouping) but I don't have access to a megabase. I expect the exact percentages to be dependent on which…
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When playing a two-game match, is it better to have white in the first game?

Many rapid and blitz tournaments use a multigame match system in the elimination rounds. What statistics are there on how frequently the player with White in the first game wins? Is there a statistical advantage to playing white in game 1 of a…
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Distribution of time per move

I am interested in the distribution of time (in seconds) that players take per move. To this end, I am looking for game traces that contain timing information. I have found a number of chess databases on Google, but none of their traces contain this…
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Percentage of kids that "stay"

Just for fun, I'm going through my ancient games. Who? Never heard of? Vanishville? As a kids trainer I of course know that only a tiny percentage will become "professionals" (and I merely mean that they play for our team of adults, not that they…
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What is the number of chess position for each move?

I have read some articles that chess has a numbers of 10 to power of 120. Can some one can throw lights to it: White 1st move: No of Position White 2nd move: No of Position till White 72nd move: No of Position Similarly for Black Black 1st move : No…
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