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Real people, fast
One rated lane, 10 min + 5 s, matched by rating. When nobody is around, a house player keeps the table open — and says so.
Chess Moment · by Boardgammon
A real chess opponent in seconds. One idea per game.
Rated 10-minute chess against real people. After every game, one Coach Moment shows the move that mattered — and a lesson to go with it.
Mara K. · 1240Live rated game
You · 1487?Coach Moment after the game
Coach Moment
One idea per game
After every game the Coach picks the turning point, explains it in a sentence, and lets you replay it from the other side.
Lessons
From the pieces to the openings
Loose pieces, forks, pins, discovered attacks, back-rank mates and the basic mates, then the plans behind the Italian, the London, the Sicilian and more — each on a real board, each with an answer for the wrong move.
Fair play
Honest, and written down
Server-checked moves, no engine help during rated games, a person before any restriction, and an appeal. Read the statement.
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Paste a game, see its turning point
Played on Chess.com or Lichess? Paste the game and Chess Moment finds the turning point — the move where the game changed — and shows it on the board with the move that was better. Free in your browser, no account needed.
Lessons, one idea at a time
The curriculum inside the app, in order. Lessons 1–2 are the rules; the rest each teach one skill your Coach Moments will use. The opening lessons follow, one course per opening.
- How the pieces move
- Check, checkmate, stalemate
- Loose pieces
- Checks, captures, threats
- Forks
- Pins and skewers
- Discovered attacks
- Back-rank mates and king safety
- Development and the centre
- Queen mate
- Rook mate
- Converting an advantage
Opening lessons
Your board is ready
Sit down.
Rated chess against real opponents, one Coach Moment per game, lessons from the rules to the openings — free in your browser, no account needed to start.
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