![]() Chess is not a “memorization contest,” and it is true that one can get by, at least to a certain point, on only a rudimentary understanding of chess opening principles. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in between. It’s not applicable to amateur chess when most games are decided by tactics.” ![]() ![]() Some take things to the other extreme, saying “Learning chess openings is only for Masters.Some have claimed to have met chess players who “memorized EXACTLY what move to play against ANY sequence of moves I could come up with – all the way to the end of the game!” (Magnus Carlsen better watch out if such a player ever arises.).Some have grown frustrated with chess, saying “I didn’t realize it was just a memorization contest” (this, of course, isn’t true!).The complexity of the study of chess openings has led many a chess player to hold numerous misconceptions about this important phase of the game: While you are ready to explore all the Opening Explorer has to offer, consider to chip in for what major feature you would like to see on Lichess next! While this poll is not binding, it will give us a good idea of the views of the community.Few topics intrigue and intimidate newcomers to chess like the study of so-called “Opening theory.” We hear stories of Masters who can play 15, 20, or 30 moves from pure memorization – despite the number of possible 20-move sequences to begin a game of chess being in the billions! This might be the first Crazyhouse opening explorer online!īig thanks to Tony Rotella, opening expert and illustrious author of The Killer Sicilian, for providing his very own curated database of master games. The implementation is plain awesome, allowing millions and millions of games, and support for chess variants. This guy is a kick-ass developer, few people could have done what he did here. A very special thanks goes to revoof ( niklasf on github), who built the Opening Explorer server. This feature couldn't possibly be completed without the incredible contributions made by our awesome development community. Community driven feature developmentĪs you know, Lichess is an open source project. If you are using the Lichess database, you will also find recently played games that arrived at your position, so you always have new games to study. Clicking on a game's summary will open that game from your current position. Additional information such as average player rating (appears on hover), the number of times the position has been reached, and the game result distributions are all on display.Ī list of the best related games is found below the moves list. These settings allow you to switch between surfing the greatest games played by chess masters or Lichess games around your level and pace.Īs the position on the board changes, the Opening Explorer will update to show popular moves. Choose your Opening Book preferencesĬlicking on the "Gear" icon in the top corner of the Opening Explorer will reveal the filter settings that you can use to narrow down your game searches. The Opening Explorer can be accessed by either going directly to the Analysis Board (which now supports all variants and displays the opening name of the position as you play your moves, accounting for transpositions), or by going to the analysis view of any game, and clicking on the "Book" icon below the moves list.
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