The Blue Book Of Charts To Winning Chess

This is THE book that first introduced a concept that has revolutionized tournament chess for most players. The concept is simply to create a database of chess games, sorted by openings, and then see which opening moves produce the best results.
This book concludes that the overall winning percentage for White is 59%. It shows that the moves 1. d4 and 1.c4 win 60% of the time whereas 1.e4 scores only 59%.
Regarding the second move, this book shows that against 1. e4, both 1. . . . c5 and 1…