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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6
A line for Black. Every figure below is computed separately for each rating band, and every one carries its own sample size.
| Band | White | Draw | Black | Blunder | Book exit | Games | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 55.5% | 4.6% | 40.0% | 47.0% | ply 4.2 | 35,899 | D |
| 1000 | 57.8% | 4.1% | 38.1% | 42.4% | ply 4.2 | 56,331 | D |
| 1400 | 59.8% | 3.8% | 36.4% | 33.3% | ply 4.3 | 11,734 | D |
| 1800 | 59.3% | 3.4% | 37.3% | 57.1% | ply 4.4 | 6,795 | D |
Results by band
All four bands are on the page. The one matching your rating is marked. Nothing here is averaged across bands.
At 600, the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense scores 40.0% for Black across 35,899 games. Most openings score better than this at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 47.0% include an early material blunder (66 games at 600).
At 1000, the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense scores 38.1% for Black across 56,331 games. Most openings score better than this at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 42.4% include an early material blunder (125 games at 1000).
At 1400, the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense scores 36.4% for Black across 11,734 games. Most openings score better than this at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 33.3% include an early material blunder (24 games at 1400).
At 1800, the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense scores 37.3% for Black across 6,795 games. Most openings score better than this at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 57.1% include an early material blunder (14 games at 1800).
Blunders and traps
The known traps that live inside the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense. The rates are how often each one actually lands in your band, counted against every sampled game in that band.
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5
Sprung by White. The move that invites it is fxe5.
2...f6 is the oldest recorded opening mistake. Accepting the knight loses to the h5 check; the king walk ends with White winning heavy material.
Read as: how often this trap line is completed per sampled game in the band.
How the Blunder Rate is measured. A material swing of three points or more inside the first 24 half-moves after leaving book, detected without an engine evaluation. It is a proxy for how sharp a position is in practice, not an engine verdict, and it is computed from a monthly game sample rather than the full corpus behind the win rates. Trap hit rates count a trap only when its full line is completed on the board.
Questions
At 600, the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense scores 40.0% for Black across 35,899 games. Most openings score better than this at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 47.0% include an early material blunder (66 games at 600).
At 1000, the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense scores 38.1% for Black across 56,331 games. Most openings score better than this at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 42.4% include an early material blunder (125 games at 1000).
The King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense (C40) is a line for Black. The main line runs 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6.