This is a concept taken from other forums such as chess.com. The basic idea is that once per day, every user can vote for one fuseki and against one fuseki. Voting for a fuseki gives it 2 points; voting against it takes away 3 points. When a fuseki is reduced to 0 points, it is eliminated and cannot be voted for or against. Last fuseki standing wins.
I took the basic list of contenders from Sensei’s, but I took the liberty of parsing it down a bit. There are still many to choose from, though.
I’m not sure I get it. Not all of these are complete whole board positions, and when I vote for something, does that mean I think the formation is balanced, in the sense that both players will let it develop? Does it mean I think it’s good for White? Good for Black? That it’s uncomfortable for me to play as Black? As White?
It’s completely preference based. If you think an opening is really fun to play but you always lose with it, feel free to vote for it because you like it. It’s not a very serious thing. I would not recommend using the results of this to write a formal paper on optimal play for both sides in the opening.
Again, does it mean that I like playing it as White or as Black? Or does it mean that I like it as either, in the sense that I think it’s just fun for both sides, forgetting entirely about questions of optimality except as they feed into fun?
