Learn chess by watching it. Two bots play; a coach explains every step. • Learn an opening: pick from 24 classic openings. The bots play the main line while the coach explains the ideas, then the game plays on. • Watch bots play: any two bots, with live win chances, the engine's three best moves, and "what if" to see the better line after a mistake. • Six voices: the Coach, a cricket Commentator, a Cricket coach, a Radio host, an Auctioneer, and the Bard, who tells the game as a war between two kingdoms, Yoddha and Ajeya. Pick the voice you like from those on your iPhone. • Keep every game: watched games are saved with the full commentary. Replay them or share them as PGN. • Your ELO graph: now free for everyone, with your full rating history. • Try Study free for 14 days: start a free trial of every Study feature, including all six voices, before you buy. • Opening names are more accurate, and the home screen opens on Play. Everything runs on your iPhone. No accounts, no data collected.

A tougher King. Our top bot now runs on the rebuilt engine and plays at a new level. If you beat it before, try again. A much stronger coach. The analysis engine has been rebuilt from the ground up: deeper search, smarter time management, and a positional evaluation that understands mobility, pawn structure and king safety. The Study Coach thinks longer when you ask it, and its three suggested lines are sharper. Hear the line. A new read-aloud button speaks the coach's selected line. Better board scanning. Diagrams shown from Black's side are now oriented automatically, and the board editor can rotate a position. Fixes and polish throughout.

Study Coach: three ways from here. Tap the sparkles button in any game against a bot and the coach now shows you three moves, not one - the best line and the two most tempting alternatives. Each comes with a verdict in chess's own language (= just as good, ?! a little worse, ? clearly worse, ?? loses) and how the game looks at the end of that line. Play it forward. Tap any move in a line and the board plays that future for you, step by step. Switch lines to jump to the same point in another future. Tap "back to now" and you're back in your game - nothing you explore ever touches the real position. See it on the board. Candidate moves are drawn as arrows, the best one solid. Knights even take the L. When there's only one good move, the coach says so - and shows you why the tempting alternatives fail. Works on scanned positions too. Scan a diagram into Practice, tap the sparkles, and study it the same way. Under the hood: a completely rewritten chess engine, dramatically faster, so the coach answers in a blink. The Study Coach is part of Study, a one-time purchase with a free trial so you can try it first. No account, no ads, nothing leaves your phone.

The scanner now reads diagrams with Black at the bottom — flipped puzzles import correctly, and you're set to play the side to move automatically. New: flip the board editor for easy comparison, rewind and retry any move in practice positions, and Scan/Study now leads the Play screen.

• Study Coach — on-demand analysis of any position: best move, winning chances, and the line to play • Practice any position — paste a FEN, set up the board by hand, or scan a screenshot of any chess diagram • New King bot (2,500) — engine-strength sparring, free • FIDE time controls, faster analysis, and polish throughout