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You have an extensive list of trainings that help you to materially improve your chess:


1. Basics
* [[Check your memory on a chessboard]] - you have to memorise a set of chess pieces on a board and then place them yourself on a blank board.
* [[Find all moves]] - your King is in check. Find all legal moves available to you (or your opponent).
* [[Becoming a knight tamer]] - great ways to improve your understanding of how a knight moves
* [[Moves between two positions]] - compare two positions and figure out what moves are needed to get from one to the other
* [[The board at a glance]] - visualisation exercise - memorise pieces on a board and answer questions about them (square colour, position, attacking, attacked)
* [[Coordinate training]] - click on the correct square as fast as you can
* [[Writing down moves of a game]] - write down the move that was just made by the computer


2. Tactics
* Training positions - a collection of checkmates, endgames and other tactical patterns for practice
* Learn tactics by repetition - more checkmates and tactics
* '''[[Find best move]]''' - a great function where you can replay challenging positions from your own games
* Your daily test - play puzzles against the engine
* [[Determine your calculating power]] - advanced visualisation training
* [[Turn on the lights]]


3. Games
* [[Play like a Grandmaster]] - emulate your favourite GMs by replaying their moves
* [[Captures and threats in a game]] - visualise moves from games and then say which pieces can be captured and what pieces are threatened by the opponent.
* [[Count moves]] - play through games and count all legal moves possible in a given position
* [[Resistance Test]]
* [[Learn a game]]


4. Openings
* [[Training with a book]]


5. Endings
* Training mates
* Mate in 1½
* Endings with Gaviota Tablebases


6. Long-term trainings
* [[Training on a map]]
* [[Transsiberian Railway]]
* [[Expeditions to the Everest]]
* [[The Washing Machine]]