Chess evaluation training

Evaluate any position at a glance.

EvalChess trains the three skills behind a good evaluation, on positions from your own openings.

Strong players see who is better, and why, in seconds. EvalChess trains the three skills behind it, the positional elements, tactics and calculation, on positions from your own openings, until it becomes instinct.

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Knights · Sicilian Najdorf · Level 1

Tap the best square for White’s knight on c3.

Correct

d5 can never be hit by a black pawn, and e4 supports it.

Positional evaluation

Weak pawns, unsafe kings, the right square for a knight. One quiet position, one question, until you see the answer at a glance.

Tactics

The shots that come out of your structures, trained alongside: solve them move by move, learn them by heart, or work out whole combinations.

Calculation

Then the real test: a position from your structures, a clock and no hints. Find the move and say who is better.

Your openings, learned for good

Enter the positions your repertoire aims for and train what they lead to. Spaced repetition brings each position back just before you would forget it.

How a drill works

A position, one question. Twelve topics, from king safety and weak pawns to knights, pawn breaks and development.
Right and fast. Speed counts because the aim is instant recognition.
The board explains. Marks on the squares that decide it and a one-line rule.