For club players between 1000 and 1500
Improve your chess rating when puzzle grinding stops working
You know forks, pins and back-rank mates. Your rating is stuck anyway. The plateau between 1000 and 1500 is rarely a knowledge problem: it is single moments in your own games that keep turning against you. That is exactly where Rookion works.
How to get off the plateau
Your games, not examples
Play against the AI or import your club and online games (PGN, Chess.com, Lichess). The work happens on what you actually played.
The moments that matter
The engine finds up to 5 decisive moments per game. No variation dumps: the spots where your games turn.
Reflection in dialogue
The coach first asks what you were thinking, then explains, clearly and checked. That is how it sticks.
What actually costs points on the plateau
At this level, games are decided by missed threats, undefended pieces and plans that ignore the position. We wrote about how those mistakes happen: the typical thinking mistakes between 1000 and 1500 and why you miss threats. Reading helps. Working on your own games helps more.
Honestly free to start
Playing, importing and analyzing games is free, plus 3 AI coaching conversations per month. Pro gives you unlimited AI coaching with checked board claims about the analyzed game: how the check works.
Start with the game that still bugs you
The free analysis shows you the most important moment, no account needed, right in your browser.
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