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Chess for Newbies

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Last edited Jun 7, 2023

Created on May 24, 2023

Chess for Newbies visualizes common chess openings and traps from the Lichess database across different player rating levels. An interactive sunburst chart displays the frequency of move sequences, with larger arc regions indicating more popular moves, and users can explore how strategies differ between beginners and elite players. The visualization pairs the sunburst with a chessboard, allowing users to play moves and see matching patterns highlighted in the chart. Built with D3.js, it uses hierarchical data and transitions to update the visualization based on user selections.

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Chess for Newbies

What is Chess?

Chess is a two player game on 64 squares. It has gained huge popularity post COVID, and the popular Netflix show <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304"> The Queen's Gambit</a>

What we want to study?

Existing Chess tutorials and websites involve a bare minimum knowledge of basic chess openings, and an understanding of common traps and also a knowledge of how valuable each piece is (For example Rooks are move valuable than knights).

We wanted to focus on the beginner players, who are completely new to chess, and they are only assumed to know the basic moves of the chess pieces.

Moreover, we want to look at miniature games (less than 15 moves) and showcase some common traps and tricks.

This will help them understand why the current openings are as they are, and also help them get some quick advantage and some quick success against fellow beginner players.

We do this via a sunburst plot which shows how common the move is in the lichess database among miniature games.

Infact the board is clickable! Move the pieces on the board and compare your moves to the top moves in the database.

Try it out!

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