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What Rookion does, picture by picture

Six stops, one picture per feature, as it looks in the app today. Every sentence describes what you see in the picture next to it.

The analysis

After the game the engine finds the decisive positions, the coach names the mistake.

Five moments, in order

Right after the game the coach reports that it found five decisive moments and opens the first one. On the board your move is red, the recommendation green, below it the evaluation graph of the whole game.

Post-game review: the coach reports five decisive moments, the board shows the first with a red and a green arrow, the evaluation graph below.

The mistake gets a name

The user explains what they were going for. The coach picks up exactly that thought, names the pattern behind the move, and shows on the board why the opponent's reply would have refuted the plan.

Coaching dialogue in which the coach picks up the user's answer and names the thinking pattern.

The dialogue

The coach first asks what you were thinking. Only then does it explain.

"I don't know" is enough

The user answers with "I don't know". The coach takes it seriously, explains why the king becomes an active piece in the endgame, and asks what the takeaway is.

Coaching dialogue: the user writes "I don't know", the coach explains the active king in the endgame.

The whole conversation, saved

In the game report the coaching dialogue of a moment stays readable: blunder on move 6, the user's two answers, the coach naming tunnel vision and "panic chess", and the takeaway about in-between moves.

Coaching dialogue transcript in the game report: blunder on move 6, two user answers, coach replies with tunnel vision, panic chess and the takeaway.

Your own insight

The coach asks the question, the user answers with their own explanation, and the coach confirms it and builds on it. That is the moment the coaching aims for.

Coaching dialogue: the user formulates the solution, the coach confirms it.

One sentence for the next game

Every moment closes with a takeaway: at the top, the previous one ends with "take one deep breath and scan the whole board". Below it the next moment opens, with the user's reason for the move and the coach's reply.

Coaching dialogue: the takeaway sentence at the end of one moment, below it the next moment with the user's answer and the coach's reply.

The summary

At the end the coach summarises the session, names the pattern and lists all key moments with check marks. From here you go to the game report, to the analysis of the opponent's mistakes or into the next game.

Session summary with the learning pattern, the list of key moments and the buttons for a new game, the opponent analysis and the game report.

Proof on the board

Every statement sits next to the board, with the evaluation before and after, and stays readable in the game report.

Two boards, one evaluation

In the report of every moment two boards sit side by side: your move on the left, Rookion's recommendation on the right, next to it the evaluation before and after. Below, the conversation about this moment.

Critical moments page: two boards side by side with the played move and the recommendation, evaluation before and after, the coaching dialogue below.

The game report

Result, colour, engine strength, number of moves, duration and the number of critical moments in six tiles, the move list below. "Continue with the coach" takes you back into the conversation.

Game report with six tiles (result, colour, engine strength, moves, duration, critical moments) and the move list.

Playing

You play the engine, the coach sits alongside.

The coach plays along

During the game the coach runs in the side panel: it greets you, keeps the move list and drops short notes about the opening. The full conversation comes after the game.

A game against the engine in progress, the coach panel on the right with greeting, move list and a short note about the opening.

A board without distractions

The game view: board, header with both sides and who is to move, below it level, restart, resign and the coach button. Nothing else.

The Rookion board in the starting position with the header and the four buttons below.

Bringing your games in

You do not have to switch platforms. Your games come to Rookion.

Three ways in

Three tabs: paste a PGN, load from Chess.com or Lichess, scoresheet photo. For the platform import a username is all it takes.

Import page with the three tabs: paste PGN, from Chess.com / Lichess, scoresheet photo.

From Chess.com in two clicks

After loading you pick the game from the list, check the header data (players, result, date, event, number of moves), say which side you played, and start the analysis.

Import from Chess.com: list of games, preview with header data, side choice and the analyze button.

My games

All games in one list, filtered by played or imported, with search. Every card shows whether the game was already discussed with the coach and leads back into the coaching, to the coaching transcript or to the printable scoresheet.

The games library with filters, search and one card per game with the buttons to continue with the coach, view the coaching and print the scoresheet.

Over time

What shows over many games: numbers, your streak and your recurring patterns.

The dashboard

Games played, wins, losses, win rate, coaching sessions, current streak and draws in eight tiles, below them the latest games with the number of their critical moments.

Dashboard with eight tiles (games, wins, losses, win rate, coaching sessions, streak, draws, member since) and the list of past games.

Your thinking profile

After your opt-in: recurring patterns from your games of the last 45 days, each with its evidence, move by move with a link into the analysis, and a small trend line per ten games.

What does it cost?

Playing, importing and engine analysis are free and unlimited. The coaching dialogue: 3 conversations per calendar month for free, up to 15 per day with Pro.

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