Chess Moment · Learn
Learn chess, one idea at a time
Twelve lessons, in the order the app teaches them. Every one walks a real position step by step — what to look at, what to play, and what goes wrong if you play something else.
The twelve lessons
Lesson 1
How the pieces move
Rook, bishop, queen, knight, king and pawn — plus castling, promotion and one footnote.
Lesson 2
Check, checkmate, stalemate
What check forces you to do, when the game ends, and the draw that steals wins.
Lesson 3
Loose pieces
Protect, capture, do not hang.
Lesson 4
Checks, captures, threats
The scan to run before every move: your checks, your captures, their threats.
Lesson 5
Forks
One move, two targets.
Lesson 6
Pins and skewers
Two enemy pieces on one line: the one in front cannot move — or must.
Lesson 7
Discovered attacks
Move one piece, and the piece behind it attacks too.
Lesson 8
Back-rank mates and king safety
A king behind its own pawns has no door.
Lesson 9
Development and the centre
The first ten moves: centre pawn, knights, bishops, castle.
Lesson 10
Queen mate
King and queen against a lone king — and the stalemate trap.
Lesson 11
Rook mate
King and rook against a lone king: cut off, walk up, check.
Lesson 12
Converting an advantage: trades and pawn endings
Count before you capture; when ahead, trade pieces; walk the king in front of the pawn.