What club players actually play

Famous positions, each with the move most players around 1500 actually choose, what the engine says instead, and what the difference costs. Human percentages come from Maia, a network trained on millions of human games and conditioned on rating; evaluations come from Stockfish.

• 94% of club players play Kg2 here — The Immortal Game, 1851
• 83% of club players play Bxc4 here — Kasparov's Immortal, 1999
• 73% of club players play Rxc8+ here — Steinitz's Combination, 1895
• 65% of club players play Qxf5 here — The Machine That Beat the Champion, 1997
• 65% of club players play Nxf7 here — Nezhmetdinov's Queen Sacrifice, 1962
• 63% of club players play Bd1 here — The Peruvian Immortal, 1934
• 59% of club players play Qb2+ here — Kasparov's Immortal, 1999
• 51% of club players play b5 here — The Peruvian Immortal, 1934
• 50% of club players play Rf3 here — The Double Bishop Sacrifice, 1889
• 49% of club players play Re1 here — Reti's Queen Sacrifice, 1910
• 45% of club players play Rg5 here — The Longest Championship Game, 2021
• 45% of club players play Qb7 here — The Opera Game, 1858
• 42% of club players play Qxb7 here — The Mexican Immortal, 1920
• 38% of club players play Rxc8 here — Steinitz's Combination, 1895
• 33% of club players play Bb5+ here — The Evergreen Game, 1852
• 31% of club players play g3 here — The Evergreen Game, 1852
• 22% of club players play Bf4+ here — Reti's Queen Sacrifice, 1910

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