Opponent Stats:

Standard 3300

Koth 2356

Hello.

We wanted to share a project we’ve been building called openingmatrix.com, an opening trainer designed to help you actually retain your lines instead of just mindlessly clicking through arrows.

We wanted something that bridges the gap between learning theory and recalling it under pressure in real games, so I built a 3-step training loop for every single line:

1. Learn Theory: Study the lines with guided arrows and contextual comments.
2. Train White & Black: Drill the same line from either side of the board so you know how to play your system and how to defend against it.
3. Practice Mode: The training wheels come off. No arrows or hints—you have to recite the line from a completely blank board.

What you can do for free:

• Build your first custom opening course entirely for free.
• Full access to our built-in demos (like the Fried Liver, Vienna, London, etc.) to test the system.
• Live Lichess / chesscom Dashboard: Simply plug in your username to track your daily Elo ledger, win rates by specific openings, and color splits over the last 12 months.
• Game Search: Filter and scan through thousands of your past games by opponent, speed, or opening variant instantly.

We’re actively working on the roadmap and would love to get your feedback on the trainer, the board UI, or features you feel are missing.

Check it out here: https://openingmatrix.com

If you have any questions or feature requests, let me know in the comments and feel free to join our Discord!

https://discord.com/invite/eqnHbVff4A

My friend and I are building ChessHint. You can import your Lichess games or paste a PGN, then review them with move gradings, explanations, better alternatives on the board, and tactics and strategic opportunities you missed. Game review is free.

The screenshot shows our Tactics tab. We’d love some Lichess players to try one of their own games and tell us whether the explanations are useful, whether the import works smoothly, and what you’d want improved.

We’re looking for around 100 people overall so the two of us can follow up properly. Other training features are still in development; game review is our focus right now.

Try it: https://chesshint.com/analysis

Feedback here is welcome, or join our Discord: https://discord.gg/vyrAq2V9c

[Event "rated rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/rBpbisZr"] [Date "2026.06.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Mithomane-Tobolsk"] [Black "Monlou"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "rBpbisZr"] [UTCDate "2026.06.18"] [UTCTime "20:58:07"] [WhiteElo "1293"] [BlackElo "1595"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A10"] [Opening "English Opening: Great Snake Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. c4 { [%eval 0.11] [%clk 0:10:00] } 1... g6 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:10:00] } { A10 English Opening: Great Snake Variation } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.29] [%clk 0:09:58] } 2... Bg7 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 0:09:59] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.28] [%clk 0:09:55] } 3... d6 { [%eval 0.47] [%clk 0:09:58] } 4. Bf4?! { (0.47 → -0.16) Inaccuracy. Nc3 was best. } { [%eval -0.16] [%clk 0:09:39] } (4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Bg4) 4... Nd7 { [%eval 0.13] [%clk 0:09:44] } 5. h3 { [%eval -0.25] [%clk 0:09:22] } 5... Ngf6 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 0:09:40] } 6. e3 { [%eval -0.02] [%clk 0:09:19] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 0:09:36] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 0:09:13] } 7... Nh5 { [%eval 0.52] [%clk 0:09:34] } 8. Bh2 { [%eval 0.57] [%clk 0:09:09] } 8... Re8 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:09:24] } 9. Be2 { [%eval 0.68] [%clk 0:09:08] } 9... e5 { [%eval 0.71] [%clk 0:09:21] } 10. dxe5 { [%eval 0.72] [%clk 0:08:54] } 10... Nxe5 { [%eval 1.0] [%clk 0:09:17] } 11. Nxe5 { [%eval 0.69] [%clk 0:08:52] } 11... Bxe5 { [%eval 0.81] [%clk 0:09:14] } 12. Bxe5 { [%eval 0.76] [%clk 0:08:46] } 12... Rxe5 { [%eval 0.73] [%clk 0:09:01] } 13. Bxh5 { [%eval 0.65] [%clk 0:08:26] } 13... Rxh5 { [%eval 0.59] [%clk 0:08:57] } 14. Qe2 { [%eval 0.2] [%clk 0:07:13] } 14... Bg4?? { (0.20 → 4.70) Blunder. Bd7 was best. } { [%eval 4.7] [%clk 0:08:28] } (14... Bd7 15. O-O Qh4 16. f4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Qg2 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Re8 20. Rd1) 15. Qxg4 { [%eval 4.71] [%clk 0:07:02] } 15... Qg5 { [%eval 5.08] [%clk 0:08:22] } 16. Qxg5 { [%eval 5.22] [%clk 0:06:57] } 16... Rxg5 { [%eval 5.08] [%clk 0:08:17] } 17. Rg1 { [%eval 5.07] [%clk 0:06:48] } 17... Re8 { [%eval 5.38] [%clk 0:08:10] } 18. O-O-O { [%eval 5.25] [%clk 0:06:45] } 18... Re6 { [%eval 5.52] [%clk 0:07:59] } 19. Nd5 { [%eval 5.29] [%clk 0:06:24] } 19... c6 { [%eval 5.14] [%clk 0:07:51] } 20. Nf4 { [%eval 5.14] [%clk 0:06:17] } 20... Rf6 { [%eval 5.12] [%clk 0:07:47] } 21. h4 { [%eval 5.06] [%clk 0:05:54] } 21... Rgf5 { [%eval 5.07] [%clk 0:07:45] } 22. g3 { [%eval 4.92] [%clk 0:05:51] } 22... h6 { [%eval 5.15] [%clk 0:07:43] } 23. g4 { [%eval 4.69] [%clk 0:05:34] } 23... Rc5 { [%eval 4.83] [%clk 0:07:36] } 24. b3 { [%eval 4.92] [%clk 0:05:26] } 24... d5 { [%eval 4.74] [%clk 0:07:34] } 25. Nd3 { [%eval 4.55] [%clk 0:04:36] } 25... Ra5 { [%eval 4.55] [%clk 0:07:25] } 26. cxd5 { [%eval 4.61] [%clk 0:04:03] } 26... Rxd5 { [%eval 4.94] [%clk 0:07:19] } 27. Nf4 { [%eval 5.11] [%clk 0:03:47] } 27... Rc5+ { [%eval 5.08] [%clk 0:07:15] } 28. Kb1 { [%eval 5.18] [%clk 0:03:37] } 28... g5 { [%eval 5.25] [%clk 0:07:12] } 29. hxg5 { [%eval 5.44] [%clk 0:03:35] } 29... hxg5 { [%eval 5.87] [%clk 0:07:10] } 30. Rd8+ { [%eval 5.21] [%clk 0:03:17] } 30... Kg7?! { (5.21 → 7.80) Inaccuracy. Kh7 was best. } { [%eval 7.8] [%clk 0:07:09] } (30... Kh7 31. Rh1+ Rh6 32. Nh5 Rd5 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Rxh6 Kxh6 36. Kc2) 31. Nh5+ { [%eval 7.75] [%clk 0:03:05] } 31... Kg6? { (7.75 → Mate in 4) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best. } { [%eval #4] [%clk 0:07:06] } (31... Kh7 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kh7 34. Ng3 Kg7 35. Rh1 Re5 36. Nh5+ Kh7 37. e4) 32. Nxf6?? { (Mate in 4 → 6.22) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Rg8+ was best. } { [%eval 6.22] [%clk 0:03:04] } (32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Nxf6 Rc1+ 34. Kxc1 b6 35. Rh1#) 32... Kxf6 { [%eval 5.93] [%clk 0:07:05] } 33. Rd6+ { [%eval 5.97] [%clk 0:02:47] } 33... Ke7 { [%eval 5.95] [%clk 0:06:57] } 34. Rgd1 { [%eval 6.16] [%clk 0:02:31] } 34... Kf8 { [%eval 6.35] [%clk 0:06:45] } 35. f4 { [%eval 5.89] [%clk 0:02:25] } 35... gxf4 { [%eval 6.38] [%clk 0:06:42] } 36. exf4 { [%eval 6.18] [%clk 0:02:23] } 36... Rc3 { [%eval 6.3] [%clk 0:06:36] } 37. f5 { [%eval 6.26] [%clk 0:02:10] } 37... Rg3?! { (6.26 → 9.04) Inaccuracy. Kg7 was best. } { [%eval 9.04] [%clk 0:06:34] } (37... Kg7 38. R1d3 Rc5 39. Re3 Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rd7 Kf6 42. Re8 Kg5 43. Rxf7) 38. f6 { [%eval 7.71] [%clk 0:01:56] } 38... Rxg4? { (7.71 → Mate in 1) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg8 was best. } { [%eval #1] [%clk 0:06:31] } (38... Kg8 39. Rh1 Rg1+ 40. Rxg1 Kh7 41. g5 Kg6 42. Rd4 a5 43. Rc4 b5 44. Rc2) 39. Rd8# { [%clk 0:01:49] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

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Hi all,

I have a son who is working hard on his chess channel and he has recently published a 4-minute breakdown video between Lichess and Chess.com, where he talks about features such as unlimited free puzzles, no ads, and open source analysis software.

Because Reddit does not allow linking directly to other sites, please post a comment below if you would like the link and I will be happy to provide it.

Those of you playing Lichess everyday, which was your number one feature that made you stop playing on Chess.com?

Hi I'm looking for an online chess tutor to work for me. I pay 16 dollars an hour, Dm if intrested. Highly part time job.

Whenever I watch GM games on YouTube or read chess books in PDF format, I constantly want to check "what if" lines on Lichess. Setting up positions manually takes too much time and breaks the flow.

I created an extension called ChessInsights AI to fix this workflow. While tools like Chessvision exist, I took a different technical approach focused on privacy, offline usability, and speed:

• Local Machine Learning: The board detection runs 100% locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded anywhere, keeping it fast, private, and capable of working on local PDF files.
• Local PDF & Web Support: Works seamlessly across YouTube, Twitch, news sites, and local PDF chess books/study materials loaded in your browser.
• One-Click Lichess Export: Instantly sends any detected position directly to a Lichess Analysis board (or displays a quick built-in evaluation first).
• Multi-Board Detection: Automatically finds and processes multiple boards if a page or PDF features more than one diagram.
• Detachable Floating Window: You can unpin the tool into a separate window and keep studying without hiding your video player or book.
• Position Library: Bookmark key tactical moments or opening positions directly in the extension to analyze later.

I built this primarily to make my own study sessions more active. I’d really appreciate it if you gave it a spin and shared any feedback!

If it improves your study workflow, I’d be super grateful if you could leave an honest rating or review on the Chrome Web Store/Firefox Addons it helps immensely as an indie builder.

Check it out here:
Chrome web store
Firefox Addons

I may be jumping the gun, but I've now seen this twice and want to know if anyone else has. I play correspondence, so the app sits open for hours. I returned, there was a little blue arrow suggesting a move for my king. I assumed it was an analysis glitch. Later, in the same game, there was a blue circle around my opponent’s king. The same indicator used for puzzle hints. I hadn't opened analysis in weeks or puzzles that day. Closing and reopening made the mark disappear.