Chess training apps
The Best Chess Endgame Training Tools in 2026
Endgames are the purest calculation in chess. With few pieces on the board, every move counts exactly, and there is no middlegame fog to hide a mistak…
Antoine · 5 min read
Antoine
I'm a chess enthusiast rated above 2200 ELO on chess.com. I founded ChessAtlas to build comprehensive tools that make chess improvement accessible to everyone. I also share my insights as a contributing author for DarkSquares and ChessAtlas.
Chess training apps
The Best Chess Opening Trainers in 2026, Compared
Studying openings is easy. Remembering them a week later, in a real game, is the hard part. That is the job of an opening trainer: not just to help yo…
Antoine · 6 min read
Chess Improvement
Is Chess Good for Your Brain? What the Science Actually Says
Short answer: yes, chess is a genuine mental workout, but the popular version of the claim is overhyped. Playing chess reliably trains a cluster of do…
Antoine · 7 min read
Chess Improvement
Is Being Good at Chess a Sign of Intelligence?
Short answer: only partly. Being good at chess correlates modestly with general cognitive ability, but the link is far weaker than most people assume.…
Antoine · 6 min read