A chess coach who counts — never guesses.
Mikhail engine-reviews your real games, measures where your errors actually live, and turns the positions you misplayed into your training. When the evidence is thin, he says so — and when you improve, the numbers show it.
Every move graded by a real engine pass. The story of the game in a coach's voice — the opening you actually played, the moment it turned, and the habit to build.
Missed a tactic on Tuesday? It becomes Thursday's drill. Mastery only rises on clean, unassisted solves — revealing an answer is recorded, never rewarded.
Thousands of named lines with per-move notes and honest plans — and your review knows exactly where your game left theory.
How it works
Three steps, in this order. Nothing can be counted before it is reviewed, and no drill exists before something is counted.
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Analyze
Bring a game — import from Chess.com or Lichess, or paste a PGN. Mikhail runs an engine pass over every move and tells you the story of the game: the opening you actually played, the moment it turned, and what the position was asking for.
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Coach
The Coach Report gathers the errors across your reviewed games and ranks the ones with real evidence behind them. Anything not measured well enough to rank is reported as exactly that, never dressed up as a diagnosis.
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Training
The positions you misplayed come back as drills, mixed with rated tactics. Mastery moves only on a clean solve — revealing an answer is recorded, never rewarded.
Then you play again, and the next game re-enters at step 1. That loop is the whole product.
Reading first? The guides explain the method without an account, and the opening database is open to browse.
Questions
The answers people ask for before signing up.
What does Mikhail do with my games?
It replays the game move by move with a chess engine, marks the moves that actually lost ground, and explains what the position asked for instead. A PGN you paste in for a single review is not stored; imported game history is saved only after you turn on game storage, and you can turn it back off.
Which platforms can I import from?
Chess.com and Lichess. Give Mikhail your username on either site and he fetches your recent games. You can also paste a PGN by hand, from anywhere.
How are drills chosen?
Mostly from a rated tactics bank matched to your level, picked by the trainer from what you are getting wrong. At most one drill in ten is rebuilt from your own games - the server enforces that cap - because your real mistakes are scarce and worth spreading out. Mastery rises only on a clean solve; revealing the answer is recorded, never rewarded.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no paid plan, no card, and no trial period. An account is needed so your games, weaknesses and progress have somewhere to live.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. The board and every page are built for a phone browser, and there is no app to install.
How is my birthday used?
For two things only: confirming you are at least 13 when you sign up, and resetting your own password if you forget it. It is never shown on your profile and never used for anything else.
Who is it for?
Players who already play real games somewhere and want evidence about what to work on next. If you have never played a game, there is nothing yet for Mikhail to review.
Free to join. Your games become your training.