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A timeless game, sharpened for the modern web. Every move analyzed. Every mistake, a lesson.

Best Move — Optimal play, engine-approved
Good Move — Solid and sound
Inaccuracy — Could be better
Mistake — Significant error
Blunder — Critical mistake
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IN ORDER

Learn chess in order

  1. 1 Rules and the pieces
  2. 2 Opening principles
  3. 3 Tactics
  4. 4 Middlegame
  5. 5 Endgame
  6. 6 Check it with engine analysis

Chess "common knowledge", checked with an engine

Don’t bring the queen out early. A knight on the rim is dim. Castle early. We put those principles into concrete positions, run them through Stockfish, and compare the evaluation of every candidate move.

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FROM THE LAB

Featured analysis

Positions we analysed where the result came out clearly.

Is bringing the queen out early really bad?

  • Nf3+0.39
  • Nc3+0.20
  • Bc4−0.02
  • Qh5−0.29
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Is "a knight on the rim is dim" true?

  • Bb5+0.42
  • Bc4+0.28
  • Nc3+0.24
  • d4+0.18
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Does castling really have to be as early as possible?

  • d6−0.23
  • a6−0.23
  • O-O−0.28
  • h6−0.28
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Guides & Articles

From your first move to deeper strategy — read, learn, and play better.

BEGINNER ♟

Chess Basics & Piece Movements

How every piece moves, plus the special rules — castling, en passant, and promotion — explained for complete beginners.

Read → OPENING 🎯

Opening Strategy for Beginners

The 3 core opening principles, plus popular lines: Italian Game, Queen's Gambit, and the Sicilian Defense.

Read → TACTICS ⚔️

Chess Tactics: Fork, Pin & Skewer

The patterns that flip positions in one move. Learn to spot forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks.

Read → MIDDLEGAME ♜

How to Play the Middlegame

Piece activity, pawn structure, key square control — the principles that matter most once the opening is over.

Read → ENDGAME 👑

Chess Endgame Basics

Activate your king, promote passed pawns, and learn the essential checkmates. Don't let won games slip to draws.

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Check the advice with an engine

Don’t bring the queen out early. A knight on the rim is dim. We test the usual advice by analysing real positions with Stockfish.

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