BOT.vinnik Chess: Opening Traps

Nice but literally only about a number (50 or so) combinations in set positions. No explanations how to get there, just the puzzles of solving them.

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-21

Chess puzzle game. It won't really teach you chess if you're a total beginner, its more about illustrating basic techniques - and even then it doesn't really explain the logic behind these moves, it just steps through them and asks you what the next move should be in the technique. I'd say its useful for training your board-awareness in being able to pick out which pieces are best at producing advantages, but I wish...

0 found this helpful, 2026-06-14

It is by all accounts a tool with which you can learn some openings. I don't think it's a good one. It does not do much to convey the information it tries to teach you beyond throwing you in the deep end and going "Alright, find the best move." Eventually I find myself resorting to brute forcing moves from a lack of understanding what it is I'm trying to achieve. An explanation I only get /after/ I have "found" the...

0 found this helpful, 2026-02-25