Gambits

Fix the mistakes you keep making.

Gambits reads the games you’ve already played, finds what keeps going wrong, and gives you practice on just that. About 15 minutes a day.

Start free

Free while in early access. Works in your browser, and you can add it to your home screen.

Tonight’s focusExample

Spotting knight forks

You missed a knight fork in 4 of your last 30 games.

  • Check-up: knight forksOne quick test from Monday3 min
  • Repair: knight forksPositions from your games9 min
  • SprintQuick tactics to finish3 min

More games won’t fix it.

Most stuck players keep playing and hope their mistakes go away. Coaches call it hope chess. Gambits finds the few that keep costing you and builds your practice from them.

It starts with the games you’ve played.

Connect Lichess or Chess.com, or upload a PGN file. Gambits reads every game and marks the moments that decided it. After that, new games come in by themselves.

The Games screen in Gambits, listing example games with their results

Example

Key moments

The moments that decided each game

Open any game and go straight to the moves where it turned.

An example game's three key moments: move 4, you played c3; move 5, d4; move 6, cxd4 with 8 seconds leftExample

Repair

Practice built from your mistakes

You start from the position you got wrong, then try similar ones, until you find the move without help.

The Repair screen: the four steps, and tonight’s patterns, such as knight forks when your queen is attacked, from 4 of your mistakesExample

  • Checked again days later

    A quick check-up shows whether it stuck.

  • Games you should have won

    Go back to the moment a win slipped away and play it again.

Train

Train anything, any time.

The daily plan is only a suggestion. Every mode is open whenever you feel like it.

Endgames

Convert the win, or hold the draw

Play it to the end, then see how it went.

An example endgame result: won in 3 moves, with the line of how it wentExample

  • Woodpecker

    The same small set of puzzles, again and again, until the answers come without thinking.

  • Puzzles

    No clock. They get harder as you get faster.

  • Sprints

    3 or 5 minutes, or no clock until your third mistake.

Skill Map

A score that never flatters you.

It compares each skill with your own usual play, not with other players.

  • Only real games move your Skill Map. Practice never does.
  • Every score opens the positions behind it.
  • It tells you when it isn’t sure yet.
  • No chatbot, and no streaks to guilt you.
An example Skill Map: your endgames hold up, missed tactics cost you mostExample

Before you start

Something else? Write to support@gambitsapp.com.

Do I need a Lichess or Chess.com account?

No. You can upload a PGN, or start with a short puzzle check and add games later. Training gets more personal as games come in.

How many games does it need?

About 25 to 30 for a reliable first picture. Fewer works too. It will tell you when it’s still early days.

Does practising in the app change my Skill Map?

No. Only real games move it. Practice sets your training difficulty, but it can’t flatter your score.

Is this AI?

No chatbot, nothing made up. Every judgement comes from checking the moves in your own games.

Is it free?

Yes, free while in early access. Paid plans may come later.

Does it work on my computer?

Yes. Gambits works in any browser on a phone, tablet or computer.

Put it on your home screen.

No app store needed. It opens full screen, like any other app.

  1. Open my.gambitsapp.com in Chrome and sign up.
  2. Tap the menu at the top right.
  3. Tap Add to Home screen, or Install app.

Best with about 25 games on Lichess or Chess.com. No games yet? Start with a short puzzle check.

QR code that opens the Gambits sign-up page

On a computer? Scan to open it on your phone.