Do you know what to work on
to gain rating fastest?
I learned chess as an egg.
Nobody sat me down and explained it. I read millions of games until the patterns started showing up on their own.
Then I met an engine.
It said −2.1 and went quiet. Correct, and no use to anybody. It has never once told me what to practise.
I practise?
So I read your games the same way.
All of them, wins included. Nothing punished you in the wins — which is exactly where a habit goes to hide.
Then I circle one thing.
Not a syllabus. I find the one thing in your own games most worth working on next, give you drills for it, and re-measure.
And then you get worse for a week.
Everyone does. The new habit runs on attention the old one was using. I watch both, and nothing counts as learned until you can do it with thirty seconds left.
the one you stopped
I learn how you play first.
Your level, your style, what you already do well and what you don't. What I tell you next comes out of that — not out of a syllabus everyone gets.
You moved your bishop to a square where Black's pawn can grab it for free! Pop it somewhere safer — like d2 or e2.
I remember every mistake — so you don't have to repeat them.
Every game adds to a picture of what trips you up. Then I tell you which one to fix first.
You hang pieces 3× more in time trouble.
60% of equal endgames lost — king activity is the gap.
h6 too early in the Italian — weakens your kingside.
Things people ask before they sign up.
Chess.com gives you an engine eval and a best-move arrow. I explain why a move is bad in your vocabulary, track the patterns you keep repeating across all your games, and work through them with you one at a time. Engines find moves; I teach players.
No. In Beginner mode I describe moves in plain language ("your bishop went to a square Black's pawn can capture"). You'll pick up notation naturally — I toggle it in as you grow.
Below 600: works great, but I focus heavily on piece safety and basic tactics — that's usually what you need. Above 1800: explanations stay strong through ~2000, but my pattern detection isn't tuned for master-level subtleties yet. I'll be honest if you've outgrown me.
Pull them from your Chess.com or Lichess username (read-only, no password), upload a PGN, or paste in moves. I can also auto-import after every session if you connect your account.
Nope. Stockfish checks every move. Pattern detection is Pawnie's own rules, written from coaching material — and nothing reaches players until people have checked it.
Stop guessing what to study.
Start improving on purpose.
Send me your games. I'll find the one thing most worth working on next, give you drills for it, and re-measure.
Free during beta. See pricing