Getting started

A repertoire is the set of opening moves you want to play as White or Black. You choose your own moves; Chessbook helps you find the opponent responses you still need to prepare for and remember the replies you save.

Choose a starting point

You can build a repertoire in several ways:

• Choose moves yourself. Explore the board and save the moves you want to play.
• Use a pre-made repertoire. Browse Pre-made repertoires and import one as a starting point you can adapt.
• Bring your existing material. Import a PGN, a Lichess study, or your own games.
• Let autofill help. Autofill can build from scratch or fill gaps around your own choices.

You can combine these approaches. For example, save an opening you already like, then use autofill to prepare responses to the opponent's alternatives.

Decide how much to prepare

Your coverage goal controls how rare a position must be before Chessbook stops asking you to prepare a response. Start with an amount you can realistically learn; you can extend it later.

Completion tells you how much of that target you have covered. A complete repertoire is complete for your chosen goal, not for every possible chess move.

Practice what you have built

Use Recommended moves for a smaller review session, or review everything due. Spaced repetition schedules the next review based on your answers.

When you want to use the moves in a game, try Training games. Opening plans and model games help connect your opening preparation to the positions that follow.