Figures from 6.4 billion Lichess games (2013–2025), read for club players: what is played at your level, the opening blunders that cost the most, and how often they are punished.
Six classic opening traps measured in every rating band of the Lichess opening book: most fade, one barely moves, one peaks in the middle of the ladder, and the punishment is not always found.
Read moreRecounted in the Lichess opening book: the ten opening blunders played most often between players averaging 1000–1599, the move that punishes each one, and how rarely they survive at 2500+.
6.4 billion Lichess games split by rating: against 1.e4, 1…e5 falls from 56.4 % to 16.7 % of replies while the Sicilian triples, and 1.Nf3 is five times more common at the top.
Import a game and the coach explains the moments that decided it.