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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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3 months
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

    Chess news now includes sourced AI-assisted briefs

    Follow chess developments through concise original briefs with supporting links, grouped alongside related tournament coverage.

    Do the grouped briefs and source links make chess news easier to follow?
  2. New feature

    Chess news is now available on DevelopChess

    Follow recent Lichess headlines from a compact chess news page, with direct links to the original reporting.

  3. Performance

    Coach reviews open before detailed explanations finish

    Players can open move ratings, evaluations and engine lines as soon as Stockfish finishes. Detailed explanations arrive afterward without interrupting the review.

  4. New feature

    Coach now explains your play inside the game

    Use Analyze inside a reviewed Coach game to examine your own decisions, compare actual replies with stronger alternatives, and find lessons for your next game.

  5. New feature

    180 new trophies for learning and practice

    Earn trophies for Strategy lessons, personal practice, Notebook reviews, Daily Plans, workout accuracy, Path mastery and learning from Coach positions.

    Do these trophies help you choose what to practise next?
  6. New feature

    Three new goals for Multi-move Missions

    Practise promoting pawns, securing material gains and rescuing trapped pieces alongside the original pawn-stopping and checkmate missions.

    Do the new goals make your mission practice more varied?
  7. Improvement

    Multi-move Missions now has three-shield survival runs

    Keep solving untimed chess missions until your three shields are spent, with move arrows and four illustrated progress cards.

    Does the survival format make multi-move practice more engaging?
  8. New feature

    Play multi-move missions in Arcade

    Stop a passed pawn or deliver checkmate across a sequence of moves, with an opponent that responds to your choices.

    Did playing through the replies help you practice reaching the goal?
  9. Improvement

    Personal puzzle sessions with live AI teaching

    Practise five puzzles selected for your level and history, with live Fox feedback on the moves you actually try.

  10. New feature

    Personal mini-lessons for your next chess habit

    Turn recent practice and game mistakes into a five-minute lesson with Fox, guided exercises, and a fresh test.

    Did the mini-lesson help you understand the chess idea?