♞CHESS:
AN AI LESSON

LEARN CHESS ONLINE

Where shall
we start?

Choose a free beginner chess course or opening guide that fits what you want to learn. Read at your own pace, try the questions and replay the example boards as you study.

BUILD CONFIDENCE

Start with
Fundamentals

Eight friendly lessons take you from opening principles through piece activity, planning, pins, forks, basic attacks, endgames and practical thinking.

Learn the essentials →PLAYING WHITE

Learn the
London System

Follow five lessons from the early bishop move to middlegame plans, sensible attacks and endgames. Start with part one.

Choose a London lesson →PLAYING BLACK AGAINST 1.e4

Explore the
Caro–Kann

Start with Advance and Exchange, then choose a main-line response. Use the opening map when an unfamiliar variation appears.

Choose a Caro–Kann lesson →PLAYING BLACK AGAINST 1.d4

Try the
Queen’s Gambit Declined

Build a solid centre, give the c8-bishop a future and learn when to challenge White with …c5 or …e5.

Read the QGD lesson →PAWN PLAY

Everything
Pawns

Learn passed pawns, weak pawns, breaks, outposts, formations and practical pawn endings.

Choose a pawn lesson →

Make one idea stick

  1. Read one section and explain its main idea in your own words.
  2. Try a practice question before revealing the answer.
  3. Use the open example board to connect the words with the squares.
  4. Try the idea in a friendly game, then review what happened.

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