ChessHere Academy

Learn chess, one course at a time

Pick a course and learn through short, interactive lessons that happen right on the board. More courses are on the way.

Absolute beginner 4 units · 26 lessons

Learn chess with short, interactive lessons

Start with the board, master the pieces, and build real confidence through guided challenges that happen directly on the board.

Beginner 1 units · 6 lessons

Essential Checkmates

Turn a winning position into a win — box the king, deliver the mate, dodge the stalemate

Beginner 4 units · 17 lessons

Checkmate Patterns

Back rank to diagonal killers — recognise and deliver every forced mate on sight

Beginner 3 units · 12 lessons

Winning Material

Spot free pieces and win them with forks, pins, and skewers.

Improving 1 units · 6 lessons

Pawn Endgame Essentials

The square, the opposition, and key squares — turn one extra pawn into a full point

Beginner 1 units · 6 lessons

Opening Principles

Five rules that beat memorized lines — control the center, develop, castle, and punish greed

Improving 3 units · 12 lessons

Tactics II: Combinations & Attack

Deflection, discovered attacks, overloading, and the Greek Gift — chain the basic tactics into attacks that finish games

Improving Coming soon

Rook Endgames

The endgames that decide half your games: active rooks, the Lucena bridge, the Philidor draw, and when to trade into a won pawn ending.