Chess Coach: Learn & Puzzles

Learn chess with a coach who's on your side.

Chess Coach turns ten minutes a day into real progress. Short lessons explain the why behind every move, a daily puzzle keeps you sharp, and Coach Mira plays practice games with you, explaining her moves as she goes.

LEARN STEP BY STEP
• How every piece moves, plus castling, en passant and promotion
• Checkmate patterns: back-rank, queen, rook and smothered mates
• Simple tactics: forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, loose pieces
• Endgame basics: pawn, rook and queen endings, passed pawns, zugzwang
• Stronger tactics: deflection, double check, in-between moves
• Opening principles: the centre, development, castling, and how to stop Scholar's mate
• Strategy basics: pawn structure, active pieces, open files and outposts
• Unit tests that mix every pattern you've learned
• Lessons sized to you: tell us your level and we start in the right place

PUZZLES FOR EVERY THEME
• A daily puzzle picked for your rating
• 2,000 puzzles from real games in 22 themes: mates, forks, pins, endgames and more
• Wrong moves are explained: see your opponent's answer on the board
• Puzzles you miss come back until they stick
• Board vision trainer: learn every square by heart
• Hints when you're stuck, and a rating that grows with you

EXPLORE OPENINGS
• Real win rates for every popular move, from 1.2 million games by players like you
• Opening names as you play, and a "guess the popular move" game

PLAY COACH MIRA
• Five levels, from Beginner to Club: beat one to unlock the next
• A safety net that warns you before you blunder a piece
• A friendly opponent who explains her moves and comments on yours
• After each game, a review of your key moments
• Takebacks allowed, hints on request

BUILT FOR A DAILY HABIT
• A simple plan every day: one lesson, one puzzle, one game
• Your weak spots, found from your own puzzle results
• Streaks and a weekly view of your progress
• An optional daily reminder
• Light and dark mode