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📝 Moves
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Starts on White's 1st move
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📝 Moves
🎮 Kevin's Game
🤖 AI is thinking...
📚 Ed's Openings Trainer
Select an opening for White and/or Black to begin the tutorial (up to 10 moves each). Use it to practice different openings — it's up to you, the player, to know when to stop following the opening and make your own move.
📋 Opening Moves:
♟️ Historic Matches
👈 Select a match from the list to view details and moves.
⚙️ Settings
🎯 Display & Controls
🤖 AI Opponent
📱 Share & Install
🎓 Teaching Tools
📲 Install App
Choose your platform to install www.daveschessboard.com as a standalone app:
Android / Chrome Install
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Windows Install
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The installed app will open in landscape mode for optimal use on smartboards.
📖 Learning Mode
🎯
Jim's Jams
Endgame puzzles
📚
Ed's Openings
Learn opening theory
🎮
Kevin's Crazy Games
Wild variant chess games
🧠
Dave Explains Chess
Strategy & concepts
🚧 Coming Soon
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Historic Matches
Replay legendary games move by move
🎮 Kevin's Crazy Games
Choose a variant to play!
♟️ Inverted Chess
Pawns start behind the pieces on the back rank! This leads to instant trading and wild tactical battles from the very first move. Win by checkmate.
Checkmate to Win
👑 When the King is Away the Pieces Will Play
No kings on the board! Both sides start with a full army minus the king. When time runs out, the player with the most material remaining wins.
Timed — Highest Material Wins
🐴 Knight Madness
Kings stand alone in a sea of chaos! Each side gets one king and 15 identical pieces filling every other square. Master how each piece moves in pure mayhem. Select your army below!
Checkmate to Win
📖 Piece Tutorial
Tap a piece to learn how it moves, captures, and its point value.
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King
∞ (Priceless)
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Queen
9 Points
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Rook
5 Points
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Bishop
3 Points
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Knight
3 Points
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Pawn
1 Point
Select a piece above to see how it works!
♟️ Pawn — Basic Move
✅ Correct!
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📤 Share Position
Scan this QR code with any phone or tablet camera to open this board position.
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Load a shared position:
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Coming Soon
Under Construction
Jim is hand-picking the best puzzles from his collection. Preview the current lineup below.
🎯 Jim's Jams Endgame Strategy
Learn to take control and end the game! Watch the demo, then follow along to master each technique.
AI responds in multi-move puzzles
🧠
Coming Soon
Dave Explains Chess
Dave is preparing interactive lessons on strategy, tactics, and key chess concepts. Stay tuned!
🧠 Dave Explains Chess Strategy & Concepts
Learn the fundamentals and advanced strategies! Watch the demo, then follow along to master each concept.
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ℹ️ About
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Dave's Chess Board
An interactive chess learning tool
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♟️ Piece Values
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🏰 King Safety
👑 Queen Safety
🗺️ Piece-Square Tables Click any cell to edit its positional value
