Use case · Learning from the best
Study how masters handled your position.
Master games are most useful when they start from a position you care about. ChessCanvas takes you from your board to the games that reached it.
Two ways in
From a player
Search the database by a player’s name, then narrow by colour, result, years and ratings. Open any game on the board.
From a position
Set up the position — from your own game, a book or a FEN — and the Position Explorer lists the moves strong players chose there and the games behind them.
Then study it properly
- Play through the game and pause at the decisions you would not have made.
- Ask Stockfish 19 whether the master’s idea holds up, and why.
- Keep the instructive moments as a Study chapter with your own comments.
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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Questions
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.