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DevelopChess

Build stronger chess skills through focused practice.

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This year
56 releases
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Active since
Aug 2026
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Product summary

What it does

Train with structured chess puzzles, workouts, and progress insights.

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Releases and roadmap updates

56 published updates
  1. New feature

    Added Week Wrapped for your whole chess week

    Open Profile to see a private illustrated recap of your practice, learning, games and Coach activity, with useful next steps.

    Does Week Wrapped help you decide what to practice next?
  2. New feature

    Chess Wrapped turns your week into shareable chess stories

    Coach now wraps your games, reviews and practice into weekly swipeable stories, with fresh clay artwork, friendly captions and a shareable image for every card.

    Does Chess Wrapped help you spot a useful lesson from your week?
  3. New feature

    Talk with Fox about your imported chess games

    Ask Coach questions about games from Chess.com, Lichess, or PGN, keep a conversation for each game, and explore checked alternatives on the board.

    Does talking with Fox help you understand your games?
  4. New feature

    Chess on Social and Watch & Listen join DevelopChess News

    Discover recent chess videos, podcast episodes and social posts alongside the headlines, with Watch and Listen filters and dedicated mobile sections.

    Do these sections help you find chess videos, podcasts and social posts worth your time?
  5. New feature

    Your games and practice, connected in Coach Progress

    See patterns in your imported games, explore your learning activity, and practise the positions behind your next focus.

    Does the new Progress view help you choose what to practise next?
  6. New feature

    Play the moment from recent tournament games

    Try a verified best-move challenge, replay the full game, and analyze any position directly from DevelopChess News.

    Did Play the moment help you learn from a tournament game?
  7. New feature

    Explore beyond the opening with live analysis

    Keep playing after an opening ends, discover matching named positions, and see a compact Stockfish evaluation as you explore.

  8. New feature

    Explore, learn, and practice chess openings

    Browse 3,815 named opening lines, learn 12 guided starters, practice as White or Black, and solve related puzzles in a new free Openings section.

    Did the opening lessons and practice help you feel more prepared for your next game?
  9. Design

    Chess Path becomes an eight-world adventure map

    Follow a winding chess trail through eight illustrated worlds, with clear level markers, world progress and a preview of the next destination on desktop and mobile.

    Does the new world map make your next chess challenge easier to find?
  10. New feature

    Path retries now build a fresh puzzle challenge

    After a mistake, replay the original puzzles plus one fresh position to improve your Path stars. Numbered steps show your progress above the board.

    Do the extra puzzles help you apply what you learned?