Bad at Chess creates innovative training tools designed to help you play better chess. Develop the practical skills you need to make better moves, win more games, and become less Bad at Chess.
Think of Bad at Chess as the training gym where you can strengthen all aspects of your chess game with highly specific tools, exercises, and drills.
Our philosophy is to build tools that are highly specific to the desired goal (making accurate moves and winning games). We believe that players will improve fastest by training in ways that are most similar to the situations found in real games. Our tools are challenging, but effective at improving your ability to evaluate more clearly, calculate more deeply, and make better moves in all stages of the game.
Look for our Visual Opening Explorer and Personalized Puzzle tools in early 2025!
Create a free Bad at Chess account to unlock all our tools, access detailed training history, get rewarded for your effort, and much more.
What gets measured gets improved
Make Chess Training Fun Again
With the core tools in place, our next phase of development is focused on integrating with Chess.com and Lichess to create personalized training plans. Based on your strengths and weaknesses, our automated coach will help you build a plan for which tools to use – and how often – for optimal development.
Join Bad at Chess to access all training tools, track your progress, and (coming soon) link your Chess.com & Lichess accounts for personalized insights and puzzles.
Free
Track your progress and unlock limited access to core tools
Coming Soon
Unlimited access to all tools with personalized insights
pro features coming early 2025
Bad at Chess is currently in beta until early 2025. During this time, all accounts have unlimited access to all tools and features.
Bad at Chess is designed to benefit players of all ratings, from around 1000 to 2200+. Whether you're an improving beginner or an experienced player, our tools are tailored to help you enhance your skills.
Tactic puzzles and opening theory are available everywhere. Instead, we focus on specificity for maximal improvement. Our challenging tools target the skills you need to make better moves in your real games.
During our beta period, all features are free and unlimited. In the future, we may introduce a small monthly fee for access to premium features.
You can try our tools for a few sessions without an account. However, to continue using them and to track your progress, a free account is required.