Beginner Foundations

From zero to your first improvement loop.

Learn every rule on a real board, finish a complete game against Nova, review it, and graduate into personalized training. Stages unlock in order, but there is no waiting or calendar requirement—you set the pace.

Continue Day 1About 15 minutes per day

Path progress

0/7 stages
0/15 steps

Your lesson, game, checkpoint, and review progress are detected automatically.

Start at absolute zero

Stage 1/7

Meet the board

Learn what the board is for, make White’s first move, and control your first pawn.

Your First Chessboard

4 min

Meet both sides, the turn order, and the goal of checkmate.

Start lesson

Pawns Move, Pawns Capture

5 min

Move, double-step, and capture with the only piece that attacks differently.

Start lesson

You can make a legal first move.

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Beginner Foundations

From zero to your first improvement loop.

Continue Day 1About 15 minutes per day

Path progress

0/7 stages
0/15 steps

Your lesson, game, checkpoint, and review progress are detected automatically.

Start at absolute zero

Stage 1/7

Meet the board

Learn what the board is for, make White’s first move, and control your first pawn.

Your First Chessboard

4 min

Meet both sides, the turn order, and the goal of checkmate.

Start lesson

Pawns Move, Pawns Capture

5 min

Move, double-step, and capture with the only piece that attacks differently.

Start lesson

You can make a legal first move.