The chess opening meta, by rating band
Which openings players at your rating actually play, and how often those picks actually win. Every number on this site comes from real Lichess games -- no theory, no opinions, no engine lines.
Start with your rating band
Openings behave differently at every rating. Pick your band -- everything below is filtered to real games at that level.
Drill it: play the move your rating band plays
Italian Game — beta
Pick the move, see instantly whether it is the move players at your rating actually make, and what that move scores. One opening for now while we see if this is useful.
Openings by real win rate
10 openings, ranked by what they actually score in real games at each rating band -- see all openings →
Italian Game
C50, playing as white
Ruy Lopez
C60, playing as white
Scotch Game
C44, playing as white
Sicilian Defense
B20, playing as black
French Defense
C00, playing as black
Caro-Kann Defense
B10, playing as black
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