Coaching fixes from real sessions: • Asking for a lesson now actually starts it, instead of failing silently. • Checkmate is graded as checkmate, never as a blunder. • The same line no longer repeats seconds apart. • Promotions are read as promotions, not ordinary pawn moves. • Type in another language and the coaching follows — opening names stay intact. • Game review no longer stalls partway through. • Move grading now weighs how much a move actually changes the position, so a small slip in a decided game is not called a blunder. • Flagged moves are explained by name, not just a point cost.

The coach now answers your questions right on the board. Ask about your plan, the key squares, who has more space, your best and worst-placed pieces, open files, pawn breaks, and what to watch for — and it replies from the actual position instead of a generic tip. Plus reliability fixes so over-the-air updates and the Restart button apply correctly.

• The coach now leads with the WHY behind every move — the chess fundamental it serves (develop, control the center, castle to safety, plant an outpost), stated first. • Tap Hint once for the full answer: the move, a green arrow, and the reason. • Faster, deeper game reviews — the deep analysis now runs inside the review. • New notifications bell for messages from the developer. • Fixes to game review and openings.

Corrected the subscription price shown on this page, and a spelling fix. Tap an opening and the walkthrough now starts straight away, with your next step waiting for you when it ends.

Stability and coaching fixes. • Fixed a crash during game import on some devices — analysis now runs on the right engine build for your phone. • The engine no longer stalls the eval bar if a search fails; it recovers on its own. • Coach answers board questions instantly and correctly — whose turn it is, what colour you're playing, whether a position is drawn, how many moves to mate, and the best move — even when the engine is still warming up. • In endgames the coach now answers from the tablebase, so "what's the best move?" gives the exact winning move rather than a slower one. • Asking a question about your own game no longer gets mistaken for an opening name. • Game review speaks in the coach's full voice again instead of clipped notes.

• Your coach now answers board questions straight from the position — "who controls e5?", "is anything hanging?", "what is my bishop aiming at?" — grounded in the real board, not guesses. • One consistent coaching voice across the app. • Fairer, clearer move review — opening theory is no longer flagged as a mistake, and the coach explains why a move loses ground. • Sharper hints and steadier in-game alerts.

Fixes a startup crash some players hit when the app loaded its coaching content. The app now starts fast and light, loading lessons only as you need them. Thanks for your patience!

The entire app is now free and open. We removed the launch paywall and the first-run setup screens, so you can jump straight into the AI coach, opening masterclasses, tactics, and play — no sign-up, no wall. Thanks for your patience.

WALKTHROUGHS FOR 3,600+ OPENINGS • Type any opening and the coach plays the line out one move at a time, explains why each move is there, and draws arrows on the squares it is talking about while it speaks. • Ask by name or by move. "The Vienna Gambit main line with Qf3" now lands on the right lesson instead of coming up empty, and British spellings work too. • Every variation tile shows the move that makes it that line. Berlin 3...Nf6, Exchange 4.Bxc6, Advance 3.e5. TRAPS, TAUGHT PROPERLY • Ask for the traps in any opening and the coach teaches them. 344 curated trap lines across 86 openings, each one starting from a slip real players actually make, with the punishment verified by the engine. WATCH THE WHOLE GAME • The middlegame and endgame play out now teaches at the same level as the opening, and waits for each idea to finish before it moves a piece. YOUR LANGUAGE, EVERYWHERE • 15 languages, everywhere the coach talks. Lessons, walkthroughs, the play out, chat. Moves stay in normal notation. FIXES • Lessons stay on the opening you asked for. The first move of a lesson could previously be taught with a completely different opening's material. • Fixed beats repeating, narration restarting after you switch apps, and the board jumping back to move one when you tapped Watch the middlegame. • The coach was quietly playing at full engine strength on iPhone no matter what rating you set. It now plays at the strength you picked. • Your training sessions are recorded again, so the Weaknesses page knows what you have actually been working on. Pick an opening and go.

Your coach got a lot better at teaching. • One continuous lesson per opening — the coach walks you through the whole idea, move by move, instead of disconnected fragments. • Arrows now point at every square the coach mentions, so you never hunt the board while listening. • Lessons remember you. Come back later and pick up where you left off, right down to the branch you were exploring. • Traps and weapons are wired to real, verified lines. • The coach speaks your language — narration follows the language you write in. • Opponents are matched to your rating, so games stay honest. • Your training history feeds your weakness profile again. Voice: • A new speech engine — clearer narration that starts faster. • The voice personality setting now genuinely changes the delivery. Soft is warmer and slower; drill sergeant is crisp and quick. Plus the usual round of fixes to lesson pacing and narration accuracy.

Learn with Coach is rebuilt around a single teaching voice. • Every lesson plays the line out move by move and explains the WHY at each step, as one continuous story instead of disconnected notes. • Arrows and highlights point at exactly the squares the coach is talking about, so your eye lands on the piece as you hear about it — on every board in the app. • The coach remembers you. Come back to an opening and it recaps what you covered last time, then adds the next layer. • Pick a branch at a fork and the lesson keeps going from where you were, instead of restarting the line. • Step backward and forward through any walkthrough. • The middlegame play-out is narrated all the way through, and you can choose to watch the endgame. • When a walkthrough ends, you are offered the other lines of the same opening. • Many more openings now carry full hand-built lessons, including the Alapin, Grand Prix, Stonewall, Elephant Gambit and Bird's. Fixes: board colour and glow settings are honoured everywhere, lesson narration no longer drops to short filler sentences, and the coach stops talking when you leave the app.

Your coach now sees further ahead: it spots tactics coming a few moves out and walks you through them live, and post-game review points out the winning shots you had on the board. Plus stability fixes and polish.

More openings, improvements to AI coach, and free offers at download

• A sharper AI coach in Learn and Play — clearer, more grounded explanations, with board arrows and highlights that point right where the coach is looking. • Faster, more reliable startup and engine stability. • Send feedback right from the app — we read every note. • Polish and fixes across lessons, openings, and game review.

Version 3.0 — our biggest update yet. • 24 new Counter-Weapons masterclasses — a full repertoire against every offbeat opening. • Learn with Coach — sharper, step-by-step lessons: every line is now played out and explained move by move, re-voiced in a clearer, warmer teaching style. • Coach Review — clearer post-game breakdowns that pinpoint the moments that decided the game and show you what to play instead. • The Coaches Library is now one tap away from Coach. • Major voice-reliability fixes on iPhone. • Dozens of polish and stability improvements.