Racing Kings Openings Explorer

Statistics can say a lot. Especially when there's no clear theory. This application (which is based on more than 180 000 games of top players) is an attempt to better understand the one of chess variants - Racing Kings. The collected statistics (the first 15 moves) can help players choose the good strategy which will succeed.

What is Racing Kings chess?

From lichess.org:

Each player has a standard set of pieces without pawns.

In this game, checks are entirely forbidden: not only is it forbidden to move one's king into check, but it is also forbidden to check the opponent's king.

The purpose of the game is to be the first player to move their king to the eighth row. When White moves their king to the eighth row, and Black, immediately on the next move, moves their king to the eighth rank, the game is declared a draw (this rule is to compensate for White's first-move advantage).

Apart from the above, pieces move and capture exactly as in normal chess.