Chessdriller alternative: drill openings from your own games
Chessdriller drills the opening repertoire you keep in Lichess studies. ChessDrills starts from a different place: the games you have already played.
See which of your openings cost you points
Free. No signup, no card, nothing to install.
What does Chessdriller do?
Chessdriller (chessdriller.org) is a free, open-source app that drills an opening repertoire stored in Lichess studies, using spaced repetition. You sign in with Lichess.
What does ChessDrills do?
Enter a Chess.com or Lichess username and ChessDrills reads that player's last 300 finished games (up to 150 as White and 150 as Black). It shows how you score in every opening, as White and as Black, by time control, and marks the openings where you score below what the ratings predict.
From there you can practice the opening where you lose points against an AI matched to your rating, with a Stockfish review of your mistakes. Before a game, Prepare compares your openings with your opponent's and shows which to play and which to avoid.
How do they compare?
| Feature | Chessdriller | ChessDrills |
|---|---|---|
| Starts from | An opening repertoire stored in Lichess studies | Your finished Chess.com or Lichess games |
| How you practice | Spaced repetition | Practice vs an AI matched to your rating, with a Stockfish review |
| Sign-in | With Lichess | Not needed |
| Cost | Free | Free |
Which one should you use?
If you keep a repertoire in Lichess studies and want to memorize it with spaced repetition, Chessdriller is the tool for that. If you want to find out which openings in your own games need work, and practice those, ChessDrills starts there. They solve different problems, and you can use both.
ChessDrills is not affiliated with Chessdriller.