Opponent preparation

Be Ready Before You Sit at the Board

Preparing for an opponent used to be slow and fragmented.

Before a tournament round, players would search the opponent’s name on Google, browse multiple websites, download a few games, and try to guess patterns from incomplete information.

With Chesspertise, all of that is now obsolete.

As long as you have a tablet or laptop, you can prepare for your next opponent in seconds, from a single, dedicated tool.

How to Prepare

From the Opponent Preparation page, you have two clear options:

1. Player Dossier – a structured overview of your opponent

2. Player Analysis – deeper exploration of games and openings

Both are designed to work together, without manual data collection.

Player Dossier – Understand Your Opponent at a Glance

In the Player Dossier, you simply start typing your opponent’s name.
Chesspertise intelligently assists you while you type, making it easy to find the correct player.

Within seconds, you get a clear profile that includes:

Playing Style Overview

A high-level evaluation of the player’s tendencies, such as:

• Aggressiveness

• Decisiveness

• Versatility

• Consistency

This gives you an immediate sense of how the player approaches the game, not just what they play.

Performance by Color

See how your opponent performs:

• As White

• As Black

For example:
White: 50% — Black: 40%

This helps you understand where the player feels more comfortable.

Create Player Card – Unique to Chesspertise

With one click on “Create Player Card”, Chesspertise generates a complete preparation package for your opponent.

This creates four dedicated cards:

1. Opening tree as White

2. White games to analyze

3. Opening tree as Black

4. Black games to analyze

This step transforms raw data into a ready-to-use preparation tool.

Opening Repertoire and Performance Overview

In addition to the cards, Chesspertise provides:

• A general overview of the opponent’s opening repertoire (White and Black)

• Performance by year

• Top opponents faced

This helps you identify trends, evolution, and long-term preferences.

Player Analysis Page – All Your Preparation in One Place

Once a Player Card is created, it is saved automatically in the Player Analysis section.

Here you will see:

• A White card

• A Black card

Each card includes two buttons:

Opening

Displays the opponent’s opening tree in visual form.
You can expand specific lines and instantly see what is most likely to appear in your game.

Games

Opens a dedicated page with all collected games for that player:

• Games played as White

• Games played as Black

From here, you can analyze, annotate, and prepare with real examples.

Prepare Smarter, Not Longer

Opponent preparation should be fast, structured, and reliable.

Chesspertise turns scattered online searches into a single, intelligent workflow, helping you sit at the board already knowing:

• What your opponent plays

• How they play

• What positions you are most likely to face