Luft

All the theory, on your board.

Explore, analyse, prepare. Millions of games and instant position search, without leaving your computer.

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Luft showing the board with the opening explorer and the games list
1,170,898
games in the downloadable database
< 40 ms
to find a position
100%
local, no account, no cloud

Built for preparing and learning

Search by position, not by name

Set up the pieces and Luft instantly finds every game that reached that position, with result statistics per move. A custom positional index: milliseconds over millions of games.

Opening explorer with per-move statistics

Prepare against an opponent

Filter by player and colour, see their repertoire and where they lose. What a coach would do in an afternoon, in a couple of clicks.

Games list filtered by player

Your repertoire, your database

Import PGN, annotate, save variations and keep your own databases apart. An open, fast format designed to grow without slowing down.

Board with notation and variations

Everything on your computer

No account, no cloud, no telemetry. Your games and your preparation never leave your disk. UCI engines of your choice.

Luft home screen

Ready to try it?

Free, no sign-up. Install Luft and download the 1,170,898-game database.

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