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Puzzles

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Black to move. Find the best move.

Black wins in 2 moves. Puzzle rating 1358.

ForkPinSkewerDiscovered attackDouble checkSacrificeDeflectionAttractionHanging pieceTrapped pieceQuiet moveZugzwangBack-rank mateSmothered mateMate in 1Mate in 2Mate in 3Kingside attackAdvanced pawnPromotionOpeningMiddlegameEndgameRook endgamePawn endgameAll puzzle themes →
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We are building a coach that writes your training schedule. You will be able to tell it your rating and goals, and it will design a plan around your weaknesses and adjust it as you improve. This is a preview of how it will look.
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I'm rated 1350. I want to improve my tactical vision and endgame play. I can train about 45 min/day.
Your training structure:

Weeks 1 to 8: Tactical pattern recognition. Daily puzzles on pins, forks and discovered attacks.

Weeks 9 to 16: Endgame fundamentals. King and pawn structures, basic rook endings, calculation drills.

Weeks 17 to 24: Opening repertoire and positional understanding…
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Weakness detection

Goes through your games and finds the tactics you miss and the positions you misjudge.

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Structured schedule

Daily and weekly plans sized to the time you have.

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Adaptive progress

The plan changes as you do, moving its focus when your strengths and weaknesses shift.

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Spaced repetition

Puzzles you miss come back at spaced intervals until the pattern sticks.

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Everything in one place

Puzzles, engine analysis and game review are live today. A game database, an opening explorer, endgame drills and progress charts are being built, so in time you can stop switching between apps.
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Tactical puzzles

More than 120,000 puzzles, each rated for difficulty. Practice by theme (pins, skewers, sacrifices, mating patterns) and watch your tactical rating move.

Rated · Themed · Adaptive
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Engine analysis

Stockfish 19 runs in your browser. It evaluates several lines at once on any position you set up or paste in.

Stockfish 19 · Multi-line · In your browser
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Game review

Paste a PGN or pull your recent games from Lichess or Chess.com. Every move gets a label, from brilliant to blunder, and each side gets an accuracy score.

Move labels · Accuracy · Imports
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Game database

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Search 8 million master games by player, opening or position, and see how top players handle the structures you run into.

8M+ games · Advanced search
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Opening explorer

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Master and player statistics for every move. Use them to build a repertoire and to prepare for a specific opponent.

Win rates · Repertoire builder
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Endgame trainer

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Practice the essential endgames against tablebases: king and pawn, rook endings, bishop against knight. Drill them until converting a won position is automatic.

Tablebase · 200+ positions
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Progress analytics

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Charts of your rating, accuracy and time per move. They show which openings score best for you and where your calculation goes wrong.

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Analysis

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Paste a game or a position and get a multi-line evaluation straight away, with accuracy for every move.
Position evaluation
Stockfish 19 · Depth 22 · 3 lines
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d22+1.4Nf3 e6 d4 d5 c4 Nf6 Nc3
d22+1.1d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5
d22+0.8e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 a6 Ba4
94.2%
87.6%

Coming soon. This is a preview of the opening explorer.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
B90 · 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3
42,318
6.Bg5
38,491
6.Be2
27,105
6.f3
19,884
6.Bc4
11,230
138K
Total games
38%
White wins
31%
Draws
31%
Black wins
Game review
You (1487) vs. Opponent (1523) · Blitz 5+3
3 Brilliant8 Best2 Mistakes1 Blunder
1.e4c5Book
2.Nf3d6Book
3.d4cxd4Book
4.Nxd4Nf6✓ Best
5.Nc3a6✓ Best
6.Be3e6★ Brilliant
7.f3b5?? Mistake
8.Qd2Nbd7✓ Best
9.g4Nb6??✗ Blunder

Coming soon. This is a preview of the endgame trainer.

Lucena position
Rook endgame · Intermediate
Objective: White to play and promote the pawn. Use the "bridge building" technique to shelter your king from checks.
Difficulty1420 Elo
Your attempts2 / 3 solved
Average time1m 42s
Category progress13 / 20
Rewards

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You earn XP for each puzzle you solve and each game you review. Train every day and a streak multiplies what you earn.
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Daily XP

Solving puzzles and reviewing games earns experience points, and your first activity each day pays a bonus.

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Streaks

Train every day to build a streak. From three days on, a multiplier raises the XP you earn.

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Badges

Reach a milestone such as 1,000 puzzles, a 30-day streak or your first brilliancy, and a badge goes on your profile.

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Leaderboards

Compete on weekly and monthly boards and see where you stand against everyone else training here.

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