Widest Path / 1960 to 1964

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Below is the widest path (found by following the most popular response to the most popular move... etc.) for the first half of the 60's as they are represented in GoGoDCD. --DaveSigaty

evpsych: This is awesome. What's the widest path for the whole database?

Charles Matthews That would mostly be influenced by recent fashion, just because of the preponderance of games from recent years.

[Diagram]

1960 - 1964 moves 1-10

  • Black 1 - 233 games; B wins 55.1%, White wins 43.5%
  • White 2 - 144 games; B 47.2%, W 51.3%
  • Black 3 - 103 games; B 46.6%, W 51.4%
  • White 4 - 36 games; B 38.8%, W 61.1%
  • Black 5 - 22 games; B 54.5%, W 45.4%
  • White 6 - 17 games; B 52.9%, W 47.0%
  • Black 7 - 12 games; B 66.6%, W 33.3%
  • Black 9 - 7 games; B 57.1%, W 42.8%
[Diagram]

1960 - 1964 moves 11-16

  • White 16 - 5 games B 40.0%, W 60.0%
  • For Black 17 the choices were split between a (once), b (twice) and c (twice).

Follow Up

[Diagram]

1960 - 1964 moves 1-7

In the subsequent period 1965-1969 this variation no longer lay on the widest path. It was still played but Black won 6 of 7 games in which it appeared.


Here is the Widest Path according to MasterGo. MasterGo has not as many games of this period.

[Diagram]

1960 - 1964 moves 1-10

Total number of games: 172, black wins 52%.

  • Black 1: 87 games, black wins 46%.
  • White 2: 61 games, black wins 40%.
  • Black 3: 52 games, black wins 41%.
  • White 4: 20 games, black wins 35%. White a is a good runner-up with 17 games.
  • Black 5: 11 games, black wins 64%.
  • White 6: 8 games, black wins 50%.
  • Black 7: 6 games, black wins 67%.
  • Black 9: 3 games, black wins 67%. To black 15, there is no variation.
[Diagram]

1960 - 1964 moves 11-16

  • White 16: 2 games, black wins 50%. MasterGo has only a and b as follow-ups for this period.

See enclosure opening for more.


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