Train Your Repertoire
Learn opening lines move-by-move, then let spaced repetition bring them back right before you'd forget. Four modes: Learn (guided), Practice (pure recall), Review (what's due today), and Drill (beat the clock). Progress saves in your browser — no account needed.
Famous Traps — White
The greatest hits: Légal's Mate, the Greco, the ICBM... every legendary White trap that wins a queen or delivers mate, drilled move-by-move.
Famous Traps — Black
The legends: the Lasker knight-promotion, the Elephant, the Fishing Pole, Qh2# in Siberia... every famous Black trap that wins a queen or mates, drilled until automatic.
Sicilian Najdorf
The most respected weapon in chess. ...a6 controls b5, then flexible, fighting play. Fischer's and Kasparov's favorite.
Accelerated Dragon
Fianchetto fast, skip the Yugoslav Attack, and breathe fire down the long diagonal. A sharp, fun Sicilian for Black.
French Defense
Build the pawn chain, free the bad bishop, and counterattack the base. Solid, strategic, and hard to break.
Ruy Lopez
The Spanish Torture. Pin the knight, build the center, and squeeze for the whole game. The most classical opening in chess.
Queen's Gambit Declined
Hold the center with ...e6 and defend like a world champion. The most solid answer to 1.d4 ever devised.
Evans Gambit
Sacrifice the b-pawn for a monster center and a raging attack. Romantic-era violence that still crushes club players.
Fried Liver Attack
The most famous sacrifice in chess. Drag the king into the open with Nxf7 and hunt it down. Every variation, drilled.
Alien Gambit
The internet's wildest anti-Caro weapon. The knight leaps to e6 and cannot be captured. Pure abduction chess.
Leonhardt Gambit (Lionheart)
Sacrifice the b-pawn against the Scandinavian to chase the queen and blast open the position. Aggressive, tricky, and a total blast to play.
Queen's Gambit Essentials
The classical 1.d4 repertoire — pressure d5 forever. The opening every world champion has played.
Caro-Kann: The Solid Wall
The pro's answer to 1.e4 — get the good bishop OUT, build the wall, and grind. Almost impossible to attack.
Scandinavian: Qa5 System
Fight for the center on move one. Simple rules, one setup, and opponents who never know the theory.
Stafford Gambit: Trap Everything
The internet's most dangerous gambit. Objectively dubious, practically lethal — know the traps, win in 10 moves.
King's Indian: The Pawn Storm
Let White have the center — then throw every kingside pawn at their king. The most fun defense in chess.
Vienna Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 then f4! — a King's Gambit with the safety on. One of the highest-scoring openings online.
London System Starter
The set-it-and-forget-it White opening. One structure against almost everything Black plays — solid, safe, and sneakily aggressive.
Italian Game + Fried Liver
The classic 1.e4 repertoire: develop fast, castle early, and punish careless knights with the most famous attack in chess.
