Know why you lose. Then fix it.
Chessdrive is a personal chess coach that reviews your own games, explains where they went wrong in plain language, and gives you a short plan every day. Not just the best move: the move you could have found, and why.
Free to start on iPhone and Android.
Tap any piece and play a move. The coach tells you how it stacks up.
Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard, Paris 1858, the finish.
- Works offline, the analysis runs on your phone
- 5 app languages, coach answers in 20
- Works with Chess.com and Lichess
From your last game to your next win.
See where the game turned.
Every review walks you through the moments that decided the game and shows what to do differently, not just a score. Chessdrive knows what players at your level actually find, so it never scolds you for missing a grandmaster move.
Ask why, get a straight answer.
Ask about any move and the coach explains it the way a strong friend would: why it was a mistake and what to play instead. No engine jargon. Answers in 20 languages.
Today's plan
Open the app and there are three things worth doing today: a game to review, a few puzzles at your level, one opening line to drill. Reminders bring you back when a review is waiting.
Openings you can actually play
Openings built around how you like to play, learned move by move with the ideas behind them. Answer ten quick questions and Chessdrive builds your own repertoire for both colors. Daily reviews bring each line back right before you would forget it.
Stop the blunders
Puzzles tuned to your rating, plus repeating puzzle cycles (the Woodpecker method) that make the patterns automatic, so you stop losing to the same tactic.
Practice at your level
Play an opponent that plays like a real 900, 1200 or 1800, not an engine with the difficulty turned down. Or play rated games online and send a friend a challenge link.
Your games, in one place
Import from Chess.com or Lichess by username, paste a PGN, or play in the app. Every game gets a review.
See what keeps costing you
Every review breaks down accuracy by phase and counts the blunders, mistakes and inaccuracies, so the pattern you keep repeating stops being invisible.
Three steps, every day.
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Play or import a game
Play in the app, or import from Chess.com, Lichess, or a pasted PGN.
- 2
See where it turned
The review walks you through the moments that decided the game and what to do differently.
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Do today's plan
A few puzzles, one opening line, one game to review. Ten minutes is enough.
You do not have to figure out what to practice.
Tell Chessdrive your level and how many minutes a day you have. It builds a 12-week path and hands you a short plan every day, built from your own games. Beginners start with lessons. Improvers start with their last game.
Open the app, do the plan, keep the streak.
- Review your last gamevs eltldf, 10 min rapid
- 8 puzzles at 1420Fork and deflection
- Drill the Italian, 4 lines2 lines due for review
- Dark mode
- Works offline, engines run on your device
- English, Türkçe, Português, Español, Français
Free to start. Pro when you are ready.
Start with a free trial. Trial length and price vary by plan and region.
Free
Everything you need to get started.
- Practice games at your level
- 3 puzzles a day
- Analysis board
- One game review a day
Chessdrive Pro
Free trialUnlock the full coach.
- Unlimited game reviews
- Ask the coach anything
- Your own opening repertoire
- Daily opening reviews
- Puzzle cycles (Woodpecker)
- Progress insights
Frequently asked questions
Learn the ideas behind the app.
We write up what actually moves a rating: how to read a game review without being fooled by the labels, which puzzles transfer to real games, and what an engine number does and does not mean. Free to read, in five languages.
- Playing
Dutch Defense: What Each Rating Faces After 1.d4 f5, and the 2.Bg5 Gap
The Dutch Defense pages we opened list the Stonewall, Leningrad and Classical and stop there. Chessdrive's Maia3 and Stockfish data shows what White actually plays against 1...f5 at seven rating bands: the engine's 2.Bg5 is almost never chosen, the club moves are 2.Bf4 and 2.c4, and every one of them keeps White about half a pawn ahead. This page covers the three systems, the anti-Dutch lines and an honest verdict.
11 min read - Playing
Danish Gambit: What Each Rating Plays After 3.c3, and the 5...d5 Pawn Return
Most Danish Gambit guides say the club results favor White and leave it there. Chessdrive's Maia3 and Stockfish data shows what Black actually plays after 3.c3 at seven rating bands: taking the pawn is the engine's choice and the likeliest human move everywhere, but it falls from 72.7 to 51.1 percent as 3...d5 rises. This page also walks through the Schlechter 5...d5 pawn return with local Stockfish lines, and says plainly what we cannot measure.
12 min read - Playing
Benko Gambit: Why Club Players Decline It With 4.b3
Most Benko Gambit guides explain the pawn sacrifice and list the lines. Chessdrive's Maia3 and Stockfish data adds something they lack: from 1000 to 1600 the likeliest White reply to 3...b5 is 4.b3, not the engine's 4.cxb5, an 84 centipawn gap. This page has that finding, a local Stockfish score for most named lines, advice for both colours by rating band, and an honest note on how much White keeps.
11 min read
Know why you lose. Then fix it.
A personal chess coach, built from your games. Free to start on iPhone and Android.