Answers.Body: <p>I think what you are looking for is something like</p>
  <p><a href="https://chesstempo.com/opening-training/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chesstempo.com/opening-training/</a></p>
  <p>or</p>
  <p><a href="https://openings.chessbase.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://openings.chessbase.com/</a></p>
  <p>In both cases, you can build opening move trees (either for White or for Black - you train/drill one side per tree) by picking moves for any given position and the site will automatically handle transpositions for you if you reach matching positions (one branch will then point to the other).</p>
  <p>If you specifically look for a tree with &quot;optimal y's&quot;: Sorry, but that is still up to a lot of debate.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a relative root tree that you can use to approach openings e.g. if x is played, the optimal choice is to play y?. With obvious cut across moves to transpose?</p>
  <p>E.g. my thoughts made me think of this clip from Person of Interest <a href="https://youtu.be/ttRuzAaAURA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/ttRuzAaAURA</a> &amp; it how it tracks an opening in chess.com e.g. against games on the database and how that adjusts the percentages.</p>
  <p>Easiest examples of switching or transposing:</p>
  <p>Set out to play the Vienna; black goes 2.Nc6 and then you go 3.f4 and play the  Gambit instead of going 3.Bc4 (not sure if that works out better on an engine but I'm thinking as an example).</p>
  <p>Other one I could think of - open with e4 trying to play the Vienna again, get c6 back &amp; then play 2.d4 and switch to a Smith Morra (again not sure if that is better than 2.Nc3).</p>
  <p>Is there some kind of approach or path for transposing or switching?</p>
  
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Title: Is there a root tree of openings based on response by Black and vice versa?
ThreadText: # Is there a root tree of openings based on response by Black and vice versa?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-02)
  
  Is there a relative root tree that you can use to approach openings e.g. if x is played, the optimal choice is to play y?. With obvious cut across moves to transpose?
  
  E.g. my thoughts made me think of this clip from Person of Interest <https://youtu.be/ttRuzAaAURA> & it how it tracks an opening in chess.com e.g. against games on the database and how that adjusts the percentages.
  
  Easiest examples of switching or transposing:
  
  Set out to play the Vienna; black goes 2.Nc6 and then you go 3.f4 and play the Gambit instead of going 3.Bc4 (not sure if that works out better on an engine but I'm thinking as an example).
  
  Other one I could think of - open with e4 trying to play the Vienna again, get c6 back & then play 2.d4 and switch to a Smith Morra (again not sure if that is better than 2.Nc3).
  
  Is there some kind of approach or path for transposing or switching?
  
  **Tags:** opening, transpositions
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-03. Score: 2
  
  I think what you are looking for is something like
  
  <https://chesstempo.com/opening-training/>
  
  or
  
  <https://openings.chessbase.com/>
  
  In both cases, you can build opening move trees (either for White or for Black - you train/drill one side per tree) by picking moves for any given position and the site will automatically handle transpositions for you if you reach matching positions (one branch will then point to the other).
  
  If you specifically look for a tree with "optimal y's": Sorry, but that is still up to a lot of debate.
  
  
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