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15.2 million games, one click from your board.

A master database and a Position Explorer that follow the position you are already looking at — free with a ChessCanvas account.

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The Databases workspace: a player search in the 15.2 million-game database, with the results list beside the board.
The Databases workspace: player search beside the board.

What is in it

  • Over 3.8 million over-the-board and historical games, from classical tournament chess to games whose time control was not recorded.
  • About 11.3 million Online Elite games, played online by strong players, kept as a separate population.
  • 15.2 million searchable games in all, every population labelled, never mixed silently.

Not yet available: filters by opening code (ECO), event and time control. Search starts from a player’s name today.

How you search

  • Type a player’s name, then narrow by colour, result, years and ratings.
  • Open any game on the board, then analyze it or add it to a Study.

The Position Explorer

The Position Explorer indexes the first 15 moves of every game. From any position on your board it shows the moves played, how often and how they scored, and the games behind them. Pin one population and compare it with another — over-the-board practice beside online elite play.

The Position Explorer: the moves played from the current position in master games, with how often each was played and how it scored.
The Position Explorer following the board.

ChessCanvas is proud to include a selectively curated collection of historical master games sourced with permission from The Week in Chess (TWIC).

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Free to start: one free account opens analysis, the master database, Tactics and Studies.

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Questions

Do I need an account?

No. ChessCanvas is free: create a free account (an email address and a password) and everything in the Studio is open to you: analysis, game review, imports, the master database, Tactics and Studies. Your Studies and imported Chess.com and Lichess games are saved with your account.

How many games can I explore?

15.2 million searchable games: over 3.8 million over-the-board and historical master games, and about 11.3 million games from the Online Elite collection, kept as separate populations. Search starts from a player name and can be narrowed by colour, result, year and rating; the Position Explorer covers the first 15 moves. Opening-code (ECO), event and time-control filters are not available yet.