Some opening statistics of the current book competition:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note:Sicilian was the most popular opening in SCCT VII (approx.60 % of the games belong to Sicilian)
Sicilian:
1.B90=1884 games (34 % of the whole tourney)
2.B97=186 games
3.B92= 172 games
4.B80=54 games
5.B84-B85=43 games
6.B60=29 games
7.B33=18 games
8.B67=15 games
9.B66=11 games
10.B22=5 games
B10-B19:Caro-Kann=471 games (B12=213 games / B19=161 games)
B08-B09:Pirc=3 games
B04:Alekhine=2 games
B01:Scandinavian= 0 games
C24-C99 =843 games (mainly Spanish)
D00-D97=668 games (D00=115 games / D46=130 games / D85=2 games only !!)
E01-E97=151 games (E04-E05=53 games / E97=5 games)