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Everything you can do with Luft

From organising a game collection to preparing an opening, these are the tools available in Luft today.

Organise your databases

Create and open .luftdb databases with no artificial game limit.
Open a PGN instantly in a read-only view or convert it into a complete database.
Choose a reference database and consult it from any board.
Export a whole database to PGN and remove duplicate games whenever you need to.

Find the games you need

Filter by players, colours, date, result, rating, event and ECO code.
Sort lists by column and resize them to suit the way you work.
Select, copy, move or delete one or several games across your databases.
Search for an exact position and open any game that reached it.

Research players and opponents

Browse every player in a database and open their games.
Review their statistics as White and Black and their most frequent opponents.
Merge different spellings of the same player’s name.
Prepare against their White or Black games by following their choices move by move.

Explore openings and positions

See which continuations occur in your reference database from the board.
Compare the frequency and results of every move without losing the current position.
Open reference games and return to the same point in the explorer.
Set up a position on the board or from a FEN string.

Edit and annotate games

Play moves on the board and navigate the notation with the mouse or keyboard.
Add variations, comments and annotation symbols.
Draw arrows and circles and save them with the game.
Promote or delete variations, edit the header and paste a PGN game onto the board.

Build and rehearse your repertoire

Assign separate databases to your White and Black repertoires.
Mark the positions you want to remember directly in the notation.
Rehearse your lines with questions generated from your own repertoire.
Get corrections and navigate through the answers after each question.

Analyse with your engine

Add and manage the UCI engines installed on your computer.
Analyse any position and display several principal variations at once.
Choose between one and five lines and inspect their evaluation, depth and speed.
Adjust the processing threads and hash memory used for analysis.

Bring in and share games

Download a Lichess user’s public games by time control.
Import PGN with variations, comments, annotations and graphical marks.
Copy games as PGN to the clipboard for use in other applications.
Create an animated GIF of a game to share it.

Record your sessions

Record your screen while studying or explaining a game.
Add your microphone and camera, choose its position and adjust its size.
Save the result as a WebM video on your computer.

Luft runs on your computer, with no registration or associated account.