As mentioned, for the book base very short draws and ultrashort wins were excluded, but also long wins which are much less relevant for opening statistics. Now, I was interested to see the player ratings for this
IOW players who have the ability especially, to decide corr. games faster than others.
I am posting the top 5% as calculated by Bayes Elo. The rating level was calibrated by GM Robson's IECG rating of 2682 which he has on the established rating list.
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Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws
1 Gates, Roy 2791 484 247 7 100% 2380 0%
2 Dvoinikov, Andrej 2747 322 198 10 95% 2408 10%
3 Frey Beckman, Kenneth 2737 148 120 28 89% 2439 21%
4 Hagglund, Jan-Olof 2732 214 172 11 86% 2488 27%
5 Meszaros Sen, Attila 2728 129 110 28 84% 2493 32%
6 Sampaio De Albuquerque Jr, Wellington 2724 553 297 3 100% 2434 0%
7 Noomen, Jeroen 2719 120 104 34 85% 2453 29%
8 Canovas, Miguel Angel 2717 106 95 38 82% 2479 37%
9 Ponti Lopes, Aloisio 2714 264 194 8 88% 2485 25%
10 Sinka, Istvan 2707 151 132 17 76% 2537 35%
11 Tidemann, Lueder 2702 201 156 16 91% 2383 19%
12 Gomez Celdran, Francisco Miguel 2702 164 137 16 88% 2457 25%
13 Shepherd, Mike 2699 301 205 8 94% 2395 13%
14 Zebre, Peter 2698 157 130 19 84% 2471 32%
15 Alvarez, Roberto Gabriel 2694 197 168 11 73% 2530 18%
16 Zeh, Jens 2694 322 197 11 100% 2309 0%
17 Rodriguez, Jorge 2690 69 65 70 73% 2546 46%
18 Strangmueller, Andreas 2684 105 97 32 75% 2529 44%
19 Lafarga, David 2683 69 65 72 77% 2513 46%
20 Koftecioglu, Gurcan 2682 450 260 6 100% 2292 0%
21 Robson, Nigel 2682 54 52 120 76% 2489 43%
22 Babic, Slobodan 2681 434 297 2 100% 2486 0%
23 Morgado, Juan Sebastian 2681 142 129 16 72% 2552 44%
24 Ilyes, Peter 2679 225 178 9 83% 2486 33%
25 Culp, Barry N 2677 145 125 18 89% 2445 22%
26 Hegoburu, Pedro Federico 2677 579 393 1 100% 2515 0%
27 Josch, Sylvio 2675 462 265 4 100% 2386 0%
28 Villiere, Christophe 2675 204 168 9 83% 2492 33%
29 Mamonov, Petr 2674 564 326 2 100% 2445 0%
30 Zschoch, Eberhard 2674 411 255 4 100% 2392 0%
31 Sirota, Anatoli 2673 68 65 67 72% 2543 51%
32 Caire, Francois 2670 100 91 37 77% 2496 41%
33 Savchak, Taras 2670 580 390 1 100% 2531 0%
34 Van Der Kemp, Michel 2663 342 244 4 88% 2467 25%
35 Wilczek, Tadeusz 2663 75 70 64 76% 2494 42%
36 Jakob, Steffen 2661 572 352 2 100% 2405 0%
37 Casafus, Ruben Andres 2659 196 183 6 67% 2584 67%
38 Fateev, Sergey 2658 250 185 10 90% 2403 20%
39 Castellano, Lorenzo 2656 574 388 1 100% 2519 0%
40 Paetz, Carsten 2656 557 321 3 100% 2348 0%
41 Guzikov, Yury 2654 199 165 10 80% 2475 40%
42 Bubir, Sergei 2652 74 71 59 70% 2520 49%
43 Berdichesky, Ruben 2650 231 197 6 75% 2521 50%
44 Webb, Simon 2649 127 118 19 68% 2547 42%
45 Hadet, Emmanuel 2649 56 54 100 71% 2518 54%
46 Cranbourne, Carlos 2647 204 196 5 60% 2587 80%
47 Ludgate, Alan Templeton 2646 136 131 13 62% 2593 62%
48 Peek, Marcel 2645 85 81 41 66% 2549 54%
49 Bildat, Juergen 2645 117 109 23 70% 2525 52%
50 De Oliveira, Diogo Luis 2640 579 389 1 100% 2502 0%
51 Bubir, Alex 2640 58 56 91 70% 2522 54%
52 Pessoa, Francisco 2639 112 102 27 76% 2483 48%
53 Lower, Spencer 2638 271 217 6 75% 2498 17%
54 Bobykin, Cyril 2637 250 193 7 86% 2442 29%
55 Sassler, Alan 2636 149 130 17 79% 2457 41%
56 Papandreou, Leo 2635 119 105 28 80% 2439 39%
57 Morozov, Dmitry 2633 74 71 55 69% 2519 55%
58 Stoyanov, Zlatin 2633 580 393 1 100% 2472 0%
59 Lukin, Andrey 2632 245 177 14 96% 2254 7%
60 Kerr, Stephen 2632 65 62 76 71% 2502 47%
61 Schneider, Peter 2630 63 60 79 72% 2485 56%
62 Perocco Jr, Ercio 2627 340 266 3 83% 2467 33%
63 Giffen, Glenn 2623 263 208 6 83% 2422 33%
64 Fester, Albrecht 2623 88 83 44 69% 2496 39%
65 Knight, Tom 2623 51 50 113 69% 2505 57%
66 Holzhauer, Bjoern 2623 171 159 9 67% 2542 67%
67 Hadzimanolis, Antonis 2622 353 272 4 75% 2471 0%
68 Ivanov, Alexandr 2621 157 143 12 71% 2495 58%
69 Szczepa?ski, Zbigniew 2620 75 73 47 66% 2538 68%
70 Hart, Ralph 2619 148 133 14 75% 2485 50%
71 Baxter, Chris 2618 580 393 1 100% 2457 0%
72 Cloodt, Henrik 2618 129 118 19 74% 2488 53%
73 Stephan, Ulrich 2615 186 169 8 69% 2526 63%
74 Hein, Juergen 2615 205 161 12 88% 2368 25%
75 Cocozza, Mario 2614 204 180 8 75% 2479 50%
76 Honig, Bernd 2613 206 189 8 63% 2525 25%
77 Domanov, Dmitry 2613 55 53 100 70% 2492 54%
78 Hemmer, Franz 2611 578 388 1 100% 2474 0%
79 Kovacevic, Antonijo 2611 58 56 89 66% 2512 54%
80 Pappier, Carlos Guillermo 2610 46 45 132 62% 2538 58%
81 Birzer, Lothar 2610 154 137 16 72% 2472 31%
82 Keevil, Paul 2610 354 301 3 67% 2518 0%
83 Joseph, Peter D 2610 426 271 3 100% 2388 0%
84 Van Vugt, Wim H 2609 104 99 27 65% 2522 56%
85 Boychuk, Taras 2609 166 149 12 71% 2490 42%
86 Hartl, Hermann 2609 45 44 143 70% 2486 58%
87 Douaihy, Saiid 2609 566 388 1 100% 2451 0%
88 Rocca, Horacio 2608 100 98 24 56% 2573 79%
89 Laghetti, Gaetano 2608 113 106 23 70% 2496 61%
90 Menghi, Carlo 2608 114 105 27 70% 2481 37%
91 Pligin, Sergey 2607 134 132 15 53% 2583 53%
92 Lebel, Patrick 2607 356 302 2 75% 2525 50%
93 Kosulin, Vladyslav 2607 73 71 53 65% 2521 58%
94 Siefring, Carl 2606 145 140 11 59% 2561 82%
95 Loinjak, Sinisa 2605 74 71 53 68% 2493 60%
96 Tay, Junior 2605 139 125 18 78% 2430 44%
97 Mantovanelli, Marco 2605 65 63 71 65% 2509 52%
98 Schoonhoven, Jan Willem 2604 51 50 113 67% 2502 54%
99 Almeida, Ramiro 2604 121 110 24 75% 2446 42%
100 Fritsche, Frank 2603 104 97 29 71% 2475 52%
101 Niessen, Thomas 2603 62 61 72 59% 2552 57%
102 Iwannek, Ralf 2603 323 256 2 100% 2460 0%
103 Ang, Roberto Pe 2603 205 182 8 69% 2500 38%
104 Scheffner, Axel 2603 111 104 26 69% 2490 46%
105 Stimac, Zeljko 2602 115 107 25 70% 2479 44%
106 Asscheman, Kees 2601 245 215 5 70% 2509 20%
107 Hotting, Arend 2601 75 72 50 65% 2517 62%
108 Tikkanen, Kari 2601 137 125 17 74% 2467 41%
109 De Blasio, Alessandro 2601 98 93 31 71% 2465 58%
110 Manso Gil, Angel 2601 72 69 54 66% 2505 61%
111 Desmoitier, Jean Bruno 2599 124 114 22 70% 2468 41%
112 Roehrich, Stefan 2598 229 198 6 75% 2472 50%
113 Mueller, Achim 2598 200 170 9 78% 2449 44%
114 Vostrotin, Vadim 2598 149 140 12 67% 2508 67%
115 Bennedik, Martin 2598 94 89 37 72% 2460 46%
116 Eichler, Gottfried 2597 348 249 4 88% 2413 25%
117 Tirabassi, Cesare 2596 536 319 2 100% 2378 0%
118 Owen, Courtis 2595 371 372 1 50% 2580 100%
119 Silva, Miguel Medina 2595 101 97 31 69% 2437 55%
120 Gather, Juergen 2594 179 166 10 65% 2507 30%
121 Utesch, Wolfgang 2594 96 93 30 63% 2502 67%
122 Haug, Ulrich 2593 60 58 85 68% 2465 54%
123 Daus, Peter 2592 50 49 118 65% 2501 53%
124 Queiroz, Jose 2592 295 195 10 95% 2255 10%
125 Menke, John R 2592 133 123 19 66% 2486 37%
126 Kordts, Wolfgang 2591 50 49 113 62% 2512 58%
127 Valeinis, Janis 2591 68 66 60 65% 2495 60%
128 Walsh, Hector 2590 92 89 32 63% 2518 63%
129 Goebert, Frank 2589 276 234 4 75% 2474 50%
130 Skarica, Alan 2589 231 200 6 75% 2454 50%
131 Loew, Bernd 2588 267 215 6 83% 2371 33%
132 Micic, Nenad 2588 171 159 10 65% 2505 50%
133 Hoenig, Bernd 2587 81 79 41 60% 2532 61%
134 Kotlyanskiy, Edward 2587 82 79 43 65% 2500 56%
135 Chovanec, Milan 2586 98 94 28 64% 2515 71%
136 Grennefors, Thomas 2586 75 72 50 66% 2492 64%
137 Faber, Harald 2586 111 106 23 63% 2513 57%
138 Blasberg, Gabriel 2585 148 133 14 75% 2433 50%
139 Rook, Detlef 2585 118 108 23 74% 2442 52%
140 Efendiyev, Enver 2585 47 46 146 69% 2455 44%
141 Dr. Starke, Rene-reiner 2584 82 80 39 62% 2523 67%
142 Gutsche, Dieter 2584 65 63 66 64% 2506 55%
143 Tajti, Sandor 2583 166 139 16 81% 2391 25%
144 Kozlowicz, Alejandro Antonio 2583 103 97 29 67% 2492 52%
145 Blanco Gramajo, Cesar Augusto 2583 118 116 20 55% 2557 50%
146 De Jesus, Gerard 2583 134 126 17 65% 2500 47%
147 Miletic, Arsen 2583 71 68 61 67% 2463 52%
148 Nebel, Uwe 2582 89 86 37 62% 2511 49%
149 Andrei, Razvan H 2582 206 185 7 71% 2477 57%
150 Oltean, Dorel 2581 117 110 21 69% 2463 62%
151 Dorner, Joaquin 2580 208 209 5 50% 2587 60%
152 Aleshnya, Valery 2580 172 160 9 67% 2490 67%
153 Siefring, Carl L 2580 47 46 137 68% 2462 54%
154 Blanco, Cesar 2580 154 148 10 60% 2530 80%
155 May, Hans Werner 2580 118 113 20 65% 2482 60%
156 Gornoi, Meelik 2580 75 72 54 67% 2478 52%
157 Weber, Daniel 2579 225 203 5 70% 2490 60%
158 Rocca, Horacio Daniel 2578 124 118 17 65% 2501 71%
159 Longthorp, Chris 2578 273 231 4 75% 2454 50%
160 Martinez, Jorge 2578 113 108 21 67% 2489 67%
161 Kerndl, Rainer 2578 63 61 78 69% 2450 50%
162 Radek, Dieter 2577 262 219 5 80% 2434 40%
163 Billaux, Eric 2577 324 232 5 90% 2348 20%
164 Kul, Ivan 2577 127 120 19 68% 2442 53%
165 Degro, Heiko 2576 261 226 4 75% 2466 50%
166 Calugaru, Viorel 2575 70 68 60 65% 2481 53%
167 Jesic, Dusan 2575 207 197 6 58% 2536 50%
168 Muhari, Gabor 2575 223 183 9 83% 2353 33%
169 Putman, Marcel 2574 119 113 19 66% 2489 68%
170 Farkas, Zsolt 2573 153 144 12 67% 2467 67%
171 Ter Steeg, Ronald 2572 191 164 10 75% 2411 30%
172 Womble, Derek 2572 147 142 12 58% 2524 67%
173 Szabo, Eleonora 2572 52 51 99 63% 2498 63%
174 Compagnone, Gaetano 2572 261 206 7 79% 2388 14%
175 Gavranovic, Karlo 2572 221 189 8 75% 2421 25%
176 Monacell, James 2572 42 41 162 58% 2523 54%
177 Von Saleski, Marcel 2572 112 106 26 67% 2457 42%
178 Contreras Poblete, Juan Antonio 2570 62 61 70 63% 2503 66%
179 Szabo, Vilmos 2570 35 35 221 62% 2498 61%
180 Mayer, Eduardo 2570 109 103 24 67% 2476 58%
181 Bonatti, Walter 2570 58 57 81 54% 2537 59%
Congratulations to anyone who finds himself in this list.
