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What is the probability that White will play O-O or O-O-O after 1.e4 and 1.d4?

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Skynet

White plays O-O 80% of the time and O-O-O 9.6% of the time. I'm looking for the same statistics but after 1.e4 and after 1.d4. I'm pretty sure that O-O-O is rarer after 1.d4 than after 1.e4. But how much rarer? I want to see the numbers.

AtaChess68
I think that is relatively easy to find in a searchable database. I will have a look when I am home this afternoon if I have time. If not I’ll look tomorrow.
AtaChess68

I searched for Kg1 Rf1 because that was more easy then looking for 0-0. This is what I got:

AtaChess68

Ah, on my mobile the table is a bit scrambled and you have to scroll quite a bit to see it (editted and solved).

Skynet

Thank you AtaChess68.

I asked myself how often does White castle Queenside, and I guessed that the answer was probably around 1% of the time. Then I did some research and to my surprise I found out that the answer was actually 9.6% (and according to your statistics, it's 12%). So I thought that this must just be because of 1.e4: the Modern, the Scandinavian, the French Steinitz, the Caro-Kann (3.Nc3, 3.Nd2, 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4), the Exchange Philidor, 5.Nc3 Nxc3 in the Petrov, and especially the Sicilian (as 1...c5 is played a whopping 42% of the time). But your statistics prove that I was wrong. Even in 1.d4 White castles Queenside way more often than I thought. 9% is lower than 17%, but it's still nowhere close to 1%. If my initial guess was way off, it must be because I personally never castle Queenside, I play openings where neither side castles Queenside very often. Now my question is: in which common lines of 1.d4 does White often castle Queenside? There's the Samisch King's Indian, 2.Nc3 (3.Bg5 is the Richter-Veresov Attack and 3.Bf4 is the Jobava London System), the Exchange QGD. There's also the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit but this opening is extremely rare. This doesn't seem to come anywhere close to 9% of 1.d4.

AtaChess68
I can have a look at the openingstree in the selection d4 and 0-0-0. Same as yesterday: maybe I’ll have time tonight, if not tomorrow.
AtaChess68

These are the most common moves in the 1.d4 AND 0-0-0 set: