Learning paths

Learn when castling is the winning or only saving move in Chess960, and how to punish a king that has not castled.

Exploit bishops, rooks and queens that strike across the whole board straight from their unusual Chess960 starting squares.

Spot the opening traps that arise from specific Chess960 starting positions, where natural-looking development loses material.

Train the forks, pins and skewers made possible by the fresh piece geometry of Chess960 starting setups.

Build the foundation every player needs: clean mates in one and two moves.

Master the everyday tactics — forks, pins, skewers and discovered attacks — shared by all chess.