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At all ratings, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 47.9% expected score for Black (we're 90% confident it's between 46.1% and 49.6%), based on 2.2K Lichess games.
Improves with rating: 20% → 36%
Similar across time controls (~47%)
Click any cell to filter. Green = above 50%, Red = below 50%.
| Rating | UB | Bulle | Blitz | Rapid | Class |
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| 0-999 | — | — | |||
| 1000-1199 | — | — | |||
| 1200-1399 | — | — | |||
| 1400-1599 | — | ||||
| 1600-1799 | — | ||||
| 1800-1999 | — | ||||
| 2000-2199 | — | ||||
| 2200-2499 | — | — | |||
| 2500+ | — | — | — |
Expected score matrix by rating bracket and time control
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 49.9% (90% CI: 48.2%-51.7%) win rate for white, based on 2.2K rated games from Lichess.
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 performs best at 2000-2199 Elo with a 53.1% win rate for white (380 games). Win rate tends to decline at higher ratings as opponents know the theory better.
Blitz (49.7%) outperforms Rapid (49.5%) by 0.2%. Choose your time control wisely.
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a sharpness score of 95.6 (very decisive), meaning 95.6% of games end decisively. Average game length is 37 moves.
At 1200-1399 Elo, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 48.5% (90% CI: 41.7%-55.3%) win rate for white, based on 144 Lichess games. Average game length is 34 moves with a 5.2% draw rate.
At 1400-1599 Elo, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 46.8% (90% CI: 42.1%-51.5%) win rate for white, based on 301 Lichess games. Average game length is 34 moves with a 7.4% draw rate.
At 1600-1799 Elo, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 48.6% (90% CI: 45.0%-52.2%) win rate for white, based on 522 Lichess games. Average game length is 36 moves with a 3.3% draw rate.
At 1800-1999 Elo, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 51.2% (90% CI: 47.9%-54.5%) win rate for white, based on 611 Lichess games. Average game length is 38 moves with a 3.2% draw rate.
At 2000-2199 Elo, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 53.1% (90% CI: 48.9%-57.3%) win rate for white, based on 380 Lichess games. Average game length is 38 moves with a 5.6% draw rate.
At 2200-2499 Elo, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 47.5% (90% CI: 41.5%-53.5%) win rate for white, based on 185 Lichess games. Average game length is 39 moves with a 5.6% draw rate.
In Bullet games, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 50.9% (90% CI: 47.3%-54.5%) win rate for white (524 Lichess games). Draw rate is 2.8%.
In Blitz games, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 49.7% (90% CI: 47.5%-51.9%) win rate for white (1.4K Lichess games). Draw rate is 5.0%.
In Rapid games, the English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 has a 49.5% (90% CI: 44.9%-54.0%) win rate for white (325 Lichess games). Draw rate is 4.7%.
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 is statistically balanced with a 49.9% (90% CI: 48.2%-51.7%) win rate across all ratings. It performs best at 2000-2199 Elo. Your results depend on your rating, time control, and how well you know the typical plans.