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Beginner: Legal moves and king safety
Make piece movement automatic, then add central development, castling, basic mates, and a final blunder check.
Learning roadmap
A chess learning roadmap from beginner to advanced
Choose your starting point by the mistakes you repeat, not by a rating label. Each stage has six focused lessons and connects reading, playing, and review in one cycle.
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Intermediate: Tactical search and candidates
Recognize forks, pins, and removal, then calculate checks, captures, and threats in order.
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Advanced: Evaluation and planning
Compare pawn structure, activity, the opponent’s plan, and the resulting position after exchanges.
Courses
18 focused lessons
Chess from the first move
Learn piece movement, check and mate, safe development, and essential endgames.
- Rules and values
- King safety
- Basic mates
Tactics and candidate moves
Spot forks, pins, and skewers, read threats, and compare candidate moves every turn.
- Tactical patterns
- Calculation order
- Opening principles
Evaluation and planning
Assess pawn structure, weaknesses, activity, and the right moment to transform the position.
- Position evaluation
- Prophylaxis
- Endgame transitions
Self-check
Where should you start?
Start with beginner
Castling conditions are unclear, pieces are often lost in one move, or queen and rook mates are not yet reliable.
Start with intermediate
You know the rules but have no process for detecting tactics and often play the first move that looks natural.
Start with advanced
Tactical errors are less frequent, but quiet positions, exchanges, and pawn-break decisions still feel unstructured.
The most effective study loop
- Read one lesson and summarize the key point in one sentence.
- Play one game against the matching computer difficulty.
- Record your candidates before using a hint.
- Classify the first major mistake by course topic and use it as the next game goal.