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All lichess games in viih-sou opening

#1
How can I find all games showing the position after 1.e4 a5 2.d4 Ra6 3.Bxa6, and similarly for white (1a4 e5 2Ra3 d5 3 Rxa3).

I've played about 60,000 games in this line on lichess (and many more on another server before joining) but would like to know who else has played it.
#3
@greysensei How do I get opening explorer to provide the information requested: a list of all the games played in the opening on lichess?
#5
@greysensei Thanks. I considered database.lichess.org, but unfortunately downloading and searching all lichess games by month is impractical.

Even one month of lichess is 30 GB uncompressed, probably much more uncompressed. And there are more than 10 years of data, so more than 120 months (although of course there is less data in the early months).

My home system could not possibly handle that much data, and even downloading and uncompressing it all would be very difficult, even if my home system had 50 terabytes or whatever it would take.
#6
The opening move from post #1 are not labeled as Viih-sou openings.
1. e4 a5 2. d4 Ra6 3. Bxa6 (B00: Ware Defense)
1. a4 e5 2. (A00: Ware Opening) Ra3 (Meadow Hay Trap) d5 (3. Rxa3 is an illegal move.) @rxxbxxn

Post a game that has that opening name in the subject title or give at the very least a code FEN.

www.openingtree.com/

youtu.be/X7wZELmCt5g?si=8Cg2wnGZ5274Z3gC

So it's not an opening name. It's an account name on another chess site.
Listen to the game on the video and play out the moves in lichess.org/analysis
Then press the book icon and lichess database. You will see it has been played before.
1. a4 e5 2. Ra3 Bxa3 3. Nxa3 Nf6 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 Re8 6. Nc4 Nc6 7. d3 d5 8. Nd2 ...
The video than says d4, and that's the novelty.... A00: Ware Opening, Meadow Hay Trap, Viih-sou variant.

The only 2 games displayed in the lichess database that has the line without d4 are:
lichess.org/IPdXjmnI/
lichess.org/MQ3tZydi/

lichess.org/opening/Ware_Opening_Meadow_Hay_Trap/a4_e5_Ra3_Bxa3_Nxa3_Nf6_b3_O-O_Bb2_Re8_Nc4_Nc6_d3_d5_Nd2

lichess.org/analysis/pgn/a4_e5_Ra3_Bxa3_Nxa3_Nf6_b3_O-O_Bb2_Re8_Nc4_Nc6_d3_d5_Nd2
#7
This is just part of the Ware Opening and what could happen if the rook is not taken.