Chess: from the first move to mastery
Practice
Endless exercises: the program makes up every task, and the rules of chess and the engine check the answer. Your streak and results stay in your browser only.
Puzzles from games
Real positions from games, by theme. A puzzle is picked for your rating: a clean solution on the first try raises it, a first-try miss lowers it. Your rating and solved puzzles stay in your browser only.
Puzzles from games in the Lichess database (CC0), verified by the stepchess engine
Trainers
Open a trainer and pick a level. The tasks never run out: "Next" gives a new one. A mistake is fine: you can show the answer with an explanation.
Coordinates Find a square by its name and name the marked one. From a labelled board to one with no labels, seen from Black's side.
Used in chapters: Chapter 1 · The board and the pieces Chapter 7 · Writing the game down
Knight route Take the knight from one square to another in the fewest moves.
Used in chapters: Chapter 3 · King and knight
Mate in one Find the one move after which the enemy king has no defence: from a queen against a king to an almost full board.
What is hanging? Which piece can be taken for free? Do not fall for the guarded ones.
Rule of the square Will the king catch the pawn? Count the moves by the rule of the square.
Used in chapters: Chapter 4 · The pawn