The interactive path — six stages from foundations to endgames, with the Pawn Atlas and the Evaluation Room.
One path. First move to master.
Six tiers, each with a recommended Elo band — mixing world-class course material, the free Vibe Tactics Ladder, and trainers on the 3D board. Find your band and climb.
Openings
Tactics from 12 real openings — the traps and shots your repertoire produces — plus course prep for the Najdorf.
Enter the department →Middlegame
The Motif Library: 31 learn-and-test categories — mate patterns, tactical weapons, and the quiet moves that win games.
Enter the department →Endgames
The Endgame School: Lucena, Philidor, opposition, fortresses — watch each technique play itself, then drill it.
Enter the school →Foundations
Recommended Elo · New — 800★ Recommended for youThe board, the pieces, and your first won games. Everything here is playable today, free.
Coordinate Spotter
Learn the board cold — name squares at speed on the 3D board.
Start now — freeTactics Ladder · Rung 1 — Pawn
Mate in one, hanging pieces, first forks. 60 graded puzzles, 600–900.
Start now — freeFirst Principles — Part I
Mindset and fundamentals — the complete beginner system, built in-house.
Unlock with membershipBeginner
Recommended Elo · 800 — 1100Stop hanging pieces, start winning them. Pattern recognition begins here.
Six Patterns That Decide Club Games
Forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, back-rank strikes, removing the defender — drilled until instant.
Unlock with membershipTactics Ladder · Rung 2 — Knight
Forks, mate in two, first pins. 60 puzzles, 900–1200.
Start now — freeFirst Principles — Part II
Openings by ideas, not memorisation — plus the puzzle sets that make it stick.
Unlock with membershipImprover
Recommended Elo · 1100 — 1400The club-player leap: combinations that span three moves, and your first studied classics.
Tactics Ladder · Rung 3 — Bishop
Skewers, discovered attacks, deflection. 60 puzzles, 1200–1500.
Start now — freeStudy: The Opera Game
Morphy’s masterpiece plays itself on the home board — development as a weapon.
Start now — freeThe 100 Classics
The greatest games ever played, performed live on the Cathedral board.
Start now — freeMotif Library
31 learn-and-test categories — mate patterns, tactics, endgames, opening traps.
Start now — freeIntermediate
Recommended Elo · 1400 — 1700Sacrifices with follow-through, memory systems, and the start of real preparation.
Tactics Ladder · Rung 4 — Rook
Sacrifices, attraction, clearance. 60 puzzles, 1500–1800.
Start now — freeChess Memory Palace
Memorise openings and whole games with visual memory techniques — 3D palaces coming.
Unlock with membershipThe Endgame School
Lucena, Philidor, wrong bishop — watch each technique play itself, then drill it.
Start now — freeAdvanced
Recommended Elo · 1700 — 2000Quiet moves, in-between moves, and a tournament-grade opening weapon.
Tournament Openings: The Najdorf
GM preparation distilled — main lines, move orders, and the ideas behind 6.Bc4.
Unlock with membershipTactics Ladder · Rung 5 — Queen
Quiet moves, intermezzo, x-ray attacks. 60 puzzles, 1800–2100.
Start now — freeCalculation Bootcamp
Candidate moves, elimination, visualisation depth.
Unlock with membershipMaster Path
Recommended Elo · 2000+The deep water. Crushing attacks, full-game memorisation, complete repertoires.
Tactics Ladder · Rung 6 — King
Mate in three and crushing sacrifices. 60 puzzles, 2100+.
Start now — freeThe Najdorf: Complete Repertoire
The full tree — sidelines, novelties, and how to hold theory in memory.
Unlock with membershipMemory Palace: Whole Games
Carry entire master games in your head, palace by palace.
Unlock with membershipClimb the Tactics Ladder — the rung where you stall is your band.
Every lesson lands harder after a live game on the Cathedral board.
Original video lessons, shot in the Vibe Director studio, land here first.