Chess Openings, Traps, Defense

Learn chess openings, defenses, gambits and traps with 107 guided video lessons and a fully
interactive practice board.

This is a chess learning app for players who want to know what to play in the first fifteen
moves — and why. Study a line, then play it yourself against the app.

♟ 107 VIDEO LESSONS IN 9 COURSES

• CHESS TRAPS (37 lessons) — Legal's Mate, Fried Liver Attack, Poison Pawn, Stafford Gambit,
Fishing Pole, Noah's Ark, Siberian Trap, Lasker Trap, Halosar, Mortimer, Elephant Trap,
Traxler Counter Attack, Evans Gambit, Tennison Gambit, Budapest and Englund traps, and more

• SICILIAN DEFENSE (15 lessons) — Najdorf, Dragon, Sveshnikov, Taimanov, Scheveningen, Kan,
Alapin, Rossolimo, Grand Prix Attack, Kalashnikov, Closed Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit

• CHESS DEFENSES (15 lessons) — Caro-Kann, French, Scandinavian, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine,
Philidor, Petrov, Owen's, Damiano, Borg, Hippopotamus, Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch

• GAMBITS (7 lessons) — King's Gambit, Queen's Gambit, Danish, Benko, Latvian, Elephant,
Blackmar-Diemer

• OPEN GAMES (8 lessons) — Italian Game, Scotch Game, Vienna Game, Center Game, Ruy Lopez,
Trompowsky Attack, Frankenstein-Dracula

• CHESS OPENINGS (6 lessons) — English, Catalan, Ponziani, Polish, Larsen, McLeod

• MIDDLEGAME STRATEGY (7 lessons) — planning, piece activity, converting an advantage

• ENDGAME STRATEGY (12 lessons) — rook and king mate, queen mate, two bishops, knight and
bishop mate, stalemate tricks, endgame principles

♟ INTERACTIVE OPENING EXPLORER — 54 OPENINGS

Every opening opens on a real board you can touch, with four ways to work:

• Follow Opening — play the book moves with arrows and move-by-move explanations
• Guess the Move — quiz mode with no arrows and no hints. Just you and the position, scored
• Play vs Computer — continue any opening against a built-in engine on Easy, Medium or Hard
• Free Play — set up and explore any position freely

Hints, take-back, next and previous move, and instant reset are one tap away. The board is
flipped automatically when you study a defense, so you always see it from your own side.
The interactive board works with no internet connection.

♟ TRACK WHAT YOU KNOW

• A Learned badge appears automatically when you finish an opening line
• Favourite the openings you are building your repertoire around
• Search all 107 lessons by name instantly
• Full dark mode, light mode, or follow your system theme

♟ WHO IT IS FOR

Beginners can start with the Italian Game and basic checkmate patterns. Club players can drill
a Sicilian repertoire, learn the traps hiding in their own openings, or test their memory in
Guess the Move. Nothing is locked behind a paywall, there is no sign-up, and no lesson expires.

♟ WHY OPENING STUDY WORKS

Most amateur games are decided in the first fifteen moves. Understanding the ideas behind a
chess opening — which squares matter, where each piece belongs, which traps to avoid — wins
more games than memorising long variations. Every lesson here focuses on those ideas.

Study a chess opening, practise it on the board, quiz yourself with no hints, then play it
against the computer. That is the whole loop.

Free to use and supported by ads. No account required.

Want an opening we have not covered yet? Send us a request — the lesson list grows with
every update.

Recent changes:
What's new in v25:

♟ New "Guess the Move" quiz — test your opening knowledge and track your score!
🌙 Full dark mode across every screen
🔍 Search openings instantly by name
⭐ Save your favorite openings
✓ Progress tracking — see which openings you've learned
📤 Share the app with friends
🎨 Fresh, polished design + smoother performance

Thanks for learning chess with us!