ChessVis 1.4

Welcome to ChessVis 1.4

Chessvis 2.0 is rolling out today - January 27, 2021!

I've created a set of videos on how to use the new openings preparation capabilities. This link will take you to the Youtube playlist:

Chessvis 2.0 - Openings Videos

I've decided to focus on the mobile platforms - Android and Iphone/Ipad. The web will stay at version 1.4.

*** Go Mobile on Apple iPhone, and Android! ***

Visualize the board and win more games!

A famous chess coach said: "Don't think about the pieces being exchanged, visualize how the board will look when the pieces are gone". And this is so right, move a piece and you affect two places. But it's illegal to move the piece and see the effects -- you must visualize.

Chessvis is designed to help with the visualization process. There are currently 3 focus areas:

Static Boards - Look and memorize a board layout then recreate it. Not easy but you control the number of pieces so the idea to build up the "memory muscle"
Move Following - Track a sequence of moves and then update the board to that point. Follow a game from the beginning, some random location within a game or specify the number of pieces you want to follow. Again, it is about building up the "memory muscle". There is also an interesting exercise called "Who's Guarding Whom" where you need to mentally track moves and how the pieces interact.
Tactics & Mates - Interactively solve 1 to 4 move tactics, 1 to 6 move mate puzzles and defensive tactics. An interesting variation on this is to "Back it up" by allowing the website to present a tactic or mate problem but showing the diagram from some number of moves before the actual tactic or mate sequence starts. You're told the "backed up" moves and need to visualize them and then solve the problem from a board position that only exists in your mind. BTW, more puzzles and longer move sequence problems are in development.

Welcome to version 1.4!

The website version has been upgraded to match the IOS and Android versions. The changes are primarily in the mate and tactics areas. Some highlights are:

problems are now presented for you to play from both white and black perspectives
You can also now single step through the problems to better understand what works or doesn't
And for those what ifquestions the explore mode provides a link to the Stockfish chess engine where you can try any move for either side
Lastly, for Back It Up mates and tactics, the keyboard is no longer used, just tap the 'From' and 'To' squares directly on the chessboard to move the pieces around.
Oh yes, Facebook login and registration is now available.

For more information please read the User Manual and/or the About page.