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
Traps and shots from 12 real openings, plus Najdorf prep.

Middlegame
31 motif categories: mates, tactics and quiet winning moves.

Endgames
Lucena, Philidor, opposition. Watch it, then drill it.
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.