Chess games database

14 million over-the-board games, searchable by position, player, opening and date. Free.

Every move of every game feeds the opening explorer: play through a line on the board and see how many games reached the position, what was played next, and how each move scored. Click any game to replay it move by move.

What you can search

• By position: set up any position and find every game that reached it
• By player: full game histories for FIDE-rated players, plus Chess.com and Lichess imports
• By opening: ECO codes and named variations with win-rate statistics
• By date and event: from historical classics to games broadcast live this week

Beyond the main database

• Correspondence chess: a dedicated database of correspondence games with team and board metadata
• Engine games: TCEC (Top Chess Engine Championship) games between the strongest engines
• Live broadcasts: games from ongoing tournaments flow into the database as they finish

Looking for a specific player? Try Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura or Fabiano Caruana; every covered player has a profile page with their games, openings and preparation statistics.