Gambitly: Chess Opening Traps

Stop falling for the same opening traps. Gambitly shows you what really happens in chess openings, measured on 86 million rated games played in a single month, and trains you on it at your own level.

TRAPS THAT REALLY HAPPEN
• 22 classic traps ranked by how often players really fall for them: Fried Liver Attack, Scholar's Mate, Fool's Mate, Englund Gambit, Stafford Gambit, Vienna Gambit, Blackburne Shilling, Légal's Mate and more
• See the fall rate at your rating: under 1200, 1200–1599, 1600–1999 and 2000+
• Replay every trap move by move, with sound
• Set the trap yourself: you play, the opponent falls in
• A short "why" for every trap: why the move is a mistake and how it is punished

COMMON MISTAKES FROM REAL GAMES
• 68 opening mistakes found from engine scores in real games, ranked by how many players make them
• Each one is a puzzle: your opponent just went wrong, find the punishing move

EVERY NAMED OPENING
• 1,784 openings and variations, from the Sicilian and the Caro-Kann to the London System
• Win, draw and loss rates by rating and by time control (bullet, blitz, rapid, classical)
• Explore move by move: how often each reply is played and how it scores at your level

PRACTICE AGAINST REAL PLAYERS
• Your opponent answers with the moves players at your rating actually play, as often as they play them
• Every move you make is scored against what players at your level achieve with it

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Statistics from the Lichess open database (CC0). Gambitly is not affiliated with Lichess.