
Calvin Chess Trainer
Board vision & notation drills
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Calvin Chess Trainer drills the skills that puzzles take for granted: seeing the whole board, and reading and finding squares and moves without thinking.
Daily warm-up
Five quick timed drills, about five minutes: find the checks, spot the loose pieces, find the forks, name squares from Black's side, then a mate in one.
Vision
• Find Checks: every check in a real game position
• Find Captures: every capture on the board
• Hanging Pieces: every undefended piece
• Forks & Skewers: the squares that hit two targets
• Knight Sight: every square a knight reaches
• Knight Flight: the fewest moves to the target
• Pawn Attack: slip past a wall of pawns
• Mate in 1: 400 positions, one move to mate
Notation
• Squares: find the square, fast, from White's side or Black's
• Files & Ranks: name every file and rank
• Read Moves: read a move, then play it
• Piece Letters: K, Q, R, B and N at a glance
• Piece Values: which side comes out ahead?
Opening Explorer
Play through the openings with book moves, Stockfish hints and an evaluation bar.
Practice your way
• Practice at your own pace, or race the clock in timed rounds
• Every drill remembers its setup, and Continue picks up where you left off
• Results show the answers you missed
• Personal bests, saved on your device
• Squares and pieces spoken aloud as you play
• Works offline
No ads, no in-app purchases and no account.
From Internut Education.
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What's New in Calvin Chess Trainer
1.7.0
October 7, 2026
Practice in silence: • A speaker button on the home screen and in every drill turns all sounds off, and back on • Calvin remembers your choice • Files & Ranks Explore now shows each name on the board, so it works without sound
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