ChessFlame: Chess Puzzles

ChessFlame takes you from your first move to sharper chess: lessons, puzzles and bot games that adapt to your level.

Play your first puzzle in seconds, no account needed. A short placement finds your level, from complete beginner to strong club player, and builds a daily plan around it.

LEARN
• Learn Chess: 14 bite-size units, from how each piece moves to playing your first full game
• Piece Academy: master one piece at a time with quick mini-games, then real positions
• Guided Journey: 10 worlds of tactics, with a worked example before every new idea
• Endgame technique: mate the lone king, win pawn races, hold the draw

TRAIN
• Daily workout: a fresh set of real chess puzzles, sized to your level
• Tactical puzzles: adaptive, or pick your difficulty, with an opt-in "Stretch me" mode
• Mistake Notebook: puzzles you miss come back until they stick
• Speed Lab: board vision, sprints and Blunder Buster

PLAY
• 18 friendly bots, from your very first game to a real challenge
• Challenge a friend: send the exact puzzles you solved and compare results

Honest by design: every puzzle solution is a verified line checked by a chess engine, wrong moves are explained, and accuracy always beats speed. Your puzzle rating uses Glicko-2 and settles as you play, kept separate from game ratings.

Free while we launch: every feature is open. Tactical Puzzles include a free set every day, and each friend who joins gives you both +200 bonus puzzles.

No ads. Puzzles include positions from the Lichess puzzle database (CC0).