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DevelopChess

Build stronger chess skills through focused practice.

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8 days ago
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

    Daily Fox now builds a plan around your practice

    Daily Fox compares your skill evidence and recent practice to choose activities across DevelopChess, replacing the fixed Puzzle, Learn, Workout sequence.

    Does Daily Fox choose more useful practice for you?
  2. New feature

    Understand your progress and revisit your chess mistakes

    Explore clearer progress explanations, weekly reviews, a private mistake notebook, and 35 illustrated chess concepts.

    Do these explanations and saved-position reviews help you decide what to practice next?
  3. New feature

    Fox remembers your chess practice

    Fox now welcomes returning players with relevant practice prompts and notices when they solve a familiar puzzle more independently.

    Do Fox’s personal messages make your practice feel more connected?
  4. New feature

    Choose a chess session that fits your day

    Daily plans now offer 3-minute, 10-minute, and full-plan choices, with a single button to start or continue your next activity.

    Does choosing a session length make it easier to fit chess practice into your day?
  5. New feature

    Solve full tactical combinations

    Play complete multi-move solutions in Puzzle and Workout, with automatic replies and full answer reveals.

    Do the full puzzle continuations help you practise calculation?
  6. New feature

    Fox explains your Puzzle moves

    Ask Fox about an incorrect Puzzle move, then explore the opponent’s reply on a separate board before trying again.

    Did Fox’s explanation help you understand your move?
  7. New feature

    Automatic Android training reminders

    Opted-in Android players now receive a chess practice reminder every 12 hours.

  8. New feature

    Coach your own games with PGN import

    Paste a PGN in Coach, choose your side, and turn your game into a personalized chess review.

    Did PGN import help you get coaching for your own game?
  9. New feature

    Adaptive Elo challenges for Puzzles and Workout

    Puzzle and Workout now prepare challenges near each player's current Puzzle Elo, keeping the next position competitive and quick to load.

    Do the new Elo-matched puzzles feel appropriately challenging?
  10. New feature

    Added personalized daily training plans

    Players now get a focused Puzzle, Learn, and Workout sequence that adapts to their Chess DNA and resumes as real activities are completed.

    Did today’s plan make your next training step clear?