Chess Engine Lab

How Opening Advantages Translate into Results for Club Players in Fast Time Controls

Measuring conversion rates in online blitz and bullet games for 1200 to 2400 rated players

Nov 21 • 

Julian

5

Do Attacking Players play more Forcing Moves?

Finding forcing moves and looking through the games of world champions

Nov 14 • 

Julian

6

3

1

How the World Cup Format impacts Results

Taking a look at all matches from previous world cups

Nov 2 • 

Julian

6

October 2025

Transposition Tables and Improvements

Building a Chess Engine - Part 11

Oct 21 • 

Julian

5

1

How does the Clock impact the Rate of Mistakes?

Looking at the relative number of mistakes depending on the time left on the clock

Oct 5 • 

Julian

7

3

2

September 2025

An Improved Piece Activity Score

A new and more refined attempt to quantify the activity of pieces in a position

Sep 26 • 

Julian

8

1

2

How the Clock impacts the Outcome of Blitz Games

Looking at scores depending on time advantage

Sep 1 • 

Julian

5

2

1

August 2025

Identifying the Style of Different Players

Automatically categorising players into play styles

Aug 1 • 

Julian

10

12

1

July 2025

Looking at the Quality of Rapid and Blitz Games

How does the quality of play from GMs change in different time controls?

Jul 11 • 

Julian

8

3

2

June 2025

Is Carlsen better after losing a game?

Looking at Carlsen's score based on the previous result

Jun 21 • 

Julian

10

2

Norway Chess 2025 in 7 Graphs

A visual recap of Norway Chess

Jun 7 • 

Julian

8

2

Quantifying Volatility of Chess Games

Trying to capture how wild a game was

Jun 2 • 

Julian

2

5