Widest Path / 1960 to 1964

1960 - 1964 moves 1-10  

• Black 1 - 531 games; B wins 51.5%, White wins 47.1%
• White 2 - 356 games; B 47.8%, W 50.6%
• Black 3 - 242 games; B 46.7%, W 51.2%
• White 4 - 81 games; B 51.9%, W 46.9%
• Black 5 - 74 games; B 50.0%, W 48.6%
• White 6 - 43 games; B 51.2%, W 46.5%
• Black 7 - 17 games; B 29.4%, W 70.6%
• White 8 - 16 games; B 31.3%, W 68.8%
• Black 9 - 14 games; B 28.6%, W 71.4%
• White 10 - 13 games; B 30.8%, W 69.2%

1960 - 1964 moves 11-16  

• Black 11 - 7 games; B 42.9%, W 57.1%
• White 12 - 3 games; B 66.7%, W 33.3%
• White 14 - 2 games; B 100.0%, W 0.0%
• For white 16 the moves played were a and b.

Note: Updated to the extended database in 2007. Interestingly, the widest path changed at an early stage - in the earlier version of this page, was given as the 3-3 point. In the current database this is the second most common move, getting 70 hits.

See enclosure opening for more.