For coachesFree in beta
A student tracking panel for chess coaches: give each student their own opening homework, then see which variations they studied, where they went wrong and what they scored on the quiz.
In the catalogue
80
openings
ready to assign
2,350
variations
pick any of them
Limits during the beta
100
students
per coach
50
open homework
per student
50
own openings
per coach
200
variations
per own opening
Same week, same homework, same student.
Monday
You typed the variations into WhatsApp.
Wednesday
Has anyone studied? You don't know.
Friday
“I studied, coach,” says the message. Studied what, it doesn't say.
Lesson day
You set up the board and they get stuck on move three. The lesson opens with last week's work again.
Monday
You picked three Caro-Kann variations. Due Friday, quiz target 80%.
Wednesday
The panel shows who has studied and who hasn't been on at all.
Friday
The homework shows 2/3 variations without a mistake and a best quiz score of 70%.
Lesson day
You open the position they miss most. The lesson starts there.
Sign in with Google and fill in a short form. Once you're approved, your coach panel opens.
Type the student's name to make the link, then copy it or send it on WhatsApp. It works once. The panel shows who it's for and whether it has been used.
Pick the opening and the variations, and add a due date and a quiz target if you want them. As the student studies, the homework's progress updates by itself.
Pick from the catalogue or from your own openings. Add a due date, a quiz target between 50% and 100% and a one-way note if you want them. A variation counts as done when their latest run since you assigned it had no mistakes.
Variations, latest mistakes, quiz scores, the positions they miss most in quizzes, the days they were active in the last 30. Rank your students by variations studied in the last 7 days, homework finished or last active day. Only you see that ranking.
There's no single link for everyone. Each one is made for one student, stays open for 14 days and works once. If it went to the wrong person, you cancel it.
Play the moves on the board or paste a PGN with variations, and every branch becomes its own variation. Your opening stays out of the catalogue and out of search: only you and the students you assign it to can see it, unless we need to review a complaint. They study it like any catalogue opening, with training, review and quizzes.
They make an account from the invite link with a username and password, and no email is asked for. If they forget the password, they see a 4-digit code on screen and read it to you. You type it into your panel to approve. They choose the new password themselves, and you never see it.
On the leaderboards, a “Coach” mark appears beside approved coaches and a “Works with a coach” mark beside their students. Which coach a student works with is never shown.
A small sample of the opening editor. Tap a move and the position opens on the board. In the panel you play the moves on the board or paste a PGN, and each branch becomes its own variation.
Caro-Kann
3/200 linesLongest line: 10/40 moves
Selected: 2... d5
It's the same panel: invite them, give homework, see what they actually studied. Mom or Dad, and one child is enough.
The rules we set for children are just below.
A coach's students are mostly children, so the rules were set with that in mind from the start. You can walk a parent through them.
Getting a parent's or guardian's permission before you invite a student under 18 is your responsibility.
When making an account with a username, the student ticks a box saying a parent or guardian agreed. Without it, no account is made.
Accounts made with a username aren't asked for an email, and no email is sent to them.
There's no chat between coach and student. The note beside a homework is one-way: the student can't reply.
Which coach a student works with appears on no public page. The board only shows a “Works with a coach” mark.
Accounts made with a username start hidden on the leaderboards. The student can turn that on in settings.
A student can leave a coach whenever they like. Once they do, you no longer see their study.
Only you and the students you assign an opening to can see it, unless we need to review a complaint.
You don't see a student's email or game reports. What you see: their display name and photo, whether it's a username account, when they were last on the site, the date they joined you, their active days, their opening study and the homework you gave them.
The coach system is free during the beta. It may become paid later. If it does, the price and terms will be announced clearly in advance, and you owe nothing unless you accept them.
The panel shows a student's study, and that student is often a child. The number of coaches is also limited during the beta. So we review applications one by one. If yours isn't approved, you see the reason on the site and can update your details and apply again.
Yes. You apply through the same form; say in it that you work with your child. We review applications one by one, so approval isn't automatic. Your account uses Google. If you're approved, you use the same coach panel, and it works with one child: you make them a private invite link, give homework and see what they studied. There's no separate panel for parents. On the leaderboards a “Coach” mark appears beside you and a “Works with a coach” mark beside your child; accounts made with a username start hidden there.
During the beta: 100 students per coach and 100 pending invite links. 50 openings of your own, with up to 200 variations per opening and 40 half-moves per variation. Up to 50 open assignments per student at a time. The limits may change, and we announce important changes on the site.
No. A student without a Google account makes an account from the invite link with a username and password, and ticks a box saying a parent or guardian agreed. No email is asked for. A student with a Google account continues with Google. The coach's own account uses Google.
Yes. Each coach sees the student's study of the catalogue, their study of that coach's own openings and the homework that coach gave. They don't see another coach's homework, notes or openings.
Yes. Paste a PGN with its variations in brackets, and each branch becomes a variation of its own. A comment on a variation's last move becomes its name. You can also play the moves on the board.
Not in the panel. Only you see your student list and the ranking among them; a student sees their own homework. The site's leaderboards are separate: accounts made with a username start hidden there, and the student can turn that on in settings.
A student earns study points by studying your opening. Quizzes on your openings don't add to their quiz points.
To stop, write to us or delete your account. Deleting it removes your application, your invite links, your connections to students, your own openings and the homework you gave, with its notes, straight away. Your students keep their accounts and their study of the catalogue. Their study of your openings is no longer shown, though the points they earned stay.
The application is short: your city, how many students you work with, a few sentences about you. Once you're approved, you can make your first invite link straight away.