Blunder Panda
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A chess training site with a personal coach built in.
You play real games against opponents set to your level, and a coach called Panda goes through each one with you. It explains its suggestions in plain English, stops the game when you blunder so you can find a better move, and turns your mistakes into puzzles for later. There are also lessons from famous games and openings to learn.
Panda
Hold on, something just went wrong.
Your knight on g5 can be taken by the queen on d8, and nothing defends it. Take the move back and find a safer square?
Pick an opponent and start a game. Panda suggests a move and tells you why, then lets you play on your own for a while. If you blunder, the game pauses and you get hints until you find something better. You can take the move back and carry on.
Every position you go wrong in is saved. It comes back as a puzzle a few days later, and again further apart each time, until you get it right without thinking. Each one ends with a question to ask yourself before a move like that.
Try one from the Legends School
White to move. Portisch's king is still in the middle of the board and his queen has wandered off to b6. Only the pawn on e6 stands in front of the king. What did Tal play?
16.Rxe6+. He gave a whole rook for a pawn to keep the black king stuck in the centre. A few moves later he won Portisch's queen, and then the game.
In the app you play the moves yourself, and Stockfish tells you what it thinks of them. It doesn't always agree with Tal.
Oof, let's look at that one together.
Most regrettable, sir. One fears we have left the silverware unguarded.
UNACCEPTABLE! YOU LEFT A MAN BEHIND!
A falling leaf. Let us see where the wind came from.
AND THE CROWD GASPS! A HUGE BLUNDER!
Oh dear, oh dear. Your poor little bishop!
There's also a Savage mode for people who like being sworn at. It's off unless you turn it on.
A small group is testing it now. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when it opens to everyone.
Prices aren't decided yet. People on the waitlist will hear first, before anything is charged.
A web browser on a computer, tablet or phone. There's nothing to install.
No. Panda only coaches games played on Blunder Panda, against its own opponents. It's a place to practise, and it plays fair with everyone else.
OEBS Studios, a small independent studio.
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