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Get better at chess, one game at a time.

Learn the rules, review every game like a coach, and turn your mistakes into puzzles. All on your phone.

44 lessons Engine on your phone 14 languages
🎓Learn chess 📈Game review 🧩Puzzles 🤖Play the bot 🎲Chess960 📺Bot vs Bot
Learn

Start from zero. Finish with checkmates.

Short lessons you play on the board, from how the pieces move to forks, pins and simple endgames.

  • 44 lessons with stars and levels
  • Read aloud in your language
  • Practice rounds that mix what you learned
A lesson on how the knight moves
The Learn chess course
⭐ Level 6: King
Review

A coach for every move you make.

Import your Lichess and Chess.com games. Every move is rated, and you see the better one.

  • Brilliant to Blunder, with accuracy
  • "Why is this bad?" on the board
  • Key moments that decided the game
Game review showing an inaccuracy and the better move
A brilliant move in game review
?! Inaccuracy · Rd2 was best
Train

Your mistakes become your puzzles.

Every blunder in your games turns into a puzzle, repeated until you've mastered it.

  • Daily puzzle with a streak
  • Puzzle Rush and puzzle themes
  • Opening trainer from your own lines
The Puzzles tab
Drills in the Learn tab
🧩 170 puzzles waiting

More ways to play.

New modes for when you want something different.

Chess960

A new start position every game. No opening theory, just chess.

A Chess960 game against the bot

Bot vs Bot

Watch two bots play, every move rated, at your own pace.

Two bots playing, every move rated

Your year in chess

Games, score, accuracy and your best moments, ready to share.

Year in chess summary
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Mirror bot

An opponent that plays your openings at your strength.

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Blindfold

Hide the pieces, play from memory, hear the bot's moves.

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Odds games

The bot starts a piece down, so a stronger level is still winnable.

Your turn

Find the winning move.

Four real puzzles. Tap a piece, then its square, or drag it.

White to move · mate in 2
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Your move.
Look for checks first.
📱Your games stay on your phoneThe engine runs on the device, even offline.
🤝Fair play built inEngine help pauses while a live-play chess app is open.
🔒No account, no adsAnonymous stats only, one switch to turn off. Privacy

Questions?

Is Rookwise free?

Yes. No ads, no subscriptions and no limits. Every feature is included.

When can I get it?

Rookwise is in testing on Google Play. Tap "Join the early test" and you'll get an invite before the public launch.

Does it work without internet?

Yes. Lessons, puzzles, review, the bot and analysis all run on your phone. Importing games and live broadcasts need a connection.

Does it work with Lichess and Chess.com?

Sign in to Lichess or link a Chess.com username, and your finished games are imported for review and puzzles.

Can it help me during an online game?

No, on purpose. Rookwise is for learning and reviewing finished games.

Your move.

Join the early test on Google Play and help shape Rookwise before launch.

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