Real-time chess coaching · No subscription

An AI chess coach that explains every move.

BeaconChess grades your games, explains blunders and missed tactics in plain English, and shows candidate moves with likely replies on the board.

  • Stockfish 18 grades every move and identifies the positions worth reviewing.
  • Maia-2 opponents make human-shaped mistakes across ten labeled levels from ~1100 to ~2000.
  • Games stay on your device, with no BeaconChess account required.
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BeaconChess showing candidate moves, board arrows, an explanation, and likely replies.

How BeaconChess helps

Understand the reason

Move evaluations become board-specific explanations about threats, tactics, development, king safety, and structure.

Compare candidate moves

See several plausible choices instead of receiving one unexplained engine command.

Watch the idea unfold

Open likely replies and follow the continuation on the same board so the lesson is easier to remember.

Try the complete coaching loop before paying.

The first coached game and first three pasted-PGN analyses are free, with no email or card. A personal license is $79 once during the founder offer, with no subscription or automatic renewal. Private chess coaching commonly costs $40–$80 per hour.

Common questions

Why isn't this a subscription?

The price matches the product: a personal study tool, not an ongoing service contract. You pay once for a personal license, with no subscription or automatic renewal. BeaconChess can still receive fixes and improvements.

Why is the price $79 for the first 100 customers?

BeaconChess is brand new, with no long review history yet. The first 100 buyers get the lower price for being early. After that, the price is $99.

Is the $79 version different from the $99 version?

No. It is the same coach, engine, and future updates. Only the price changes after the first 100 buyers.

Why is the trial just one game?

One full game at Beginner strength includes move grading and plain-English coaching. It is enough to see the complete experience without entering an email or card.

What if I don't love it?

There is a 30-day, no-questions refund. Email [email protected].

What if BeaconChess is offline one day?

Games and settings live in the browser, and chess processing happens on the device once everything is loaded. A loaded session may survive a brief connection loss, but BeaconChess is a web app and may need the internet to reopen. A portable backup can be exported from Settings.