Chess coaching and cost
How much does a chess coach cost, and what is the honest alternative?
A good human coach is the best thing that can happen to your chess, and a single lesson often costs more than Rookion does in a whole month. The real question is not either-or. It is: what happens to your games between lessons?
The three options, compared honestly
Private coach
The gold standard: sees your play, builds a plan, knows you. A single hour typically costs well more than a software subscription per month, and the hour ends when it ends.
Club training
Affordable and social, but group sessions rarely work through your own games: no trainer can review every member's games every week.
Rookion
Dialogue-based coaching on your own games, whenever you want: the coach asks what you were thinking and explains the decisive moments. Free to start, 3 conversations per month included, unlimited with Pro.
When is which worth it?
If you have a coach: keep them. Rookion then is the work BETWEEN lessons: review every game right after playing it, so you arrive at your lesson with questions instead of a pile of unexamined games. If a private coach does not fit the budget (yet): Rookion works exactly where most points live between 1000 and 1500, the decisive moments of your own games.
Checked answers, not vibes
Claims about your board in the coaching dialogue about the analyzed game are checked against the engine before you see them. How that works: How Rookion verifies.
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