Chess Openings Explorer

Explore a curated tree of well-known chess openings by clicking through named lines, or play moves directly on the board — arrow thickness and shade show how often each move is played. Win, draw, and loss rates come from a sample of high-rated Lichess games.

About this position

Loading…

Click a yellow arrow to move this piece

Move flow hidden.

Starting position

Pieces by Colin M.L. Burnett, recolored (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Starting Position

Game outcomes

Most-played next moves

MoveGamesWhite win%

Stats computed from 350,000 high-rated games (June 2020; one player 2400+ Elo, opponent 2200+) via the Lichess Elite Database, itself drawn from Lichess's public game archive (CC0-licensed).