https://walnutchess.com/blog/ Notes on free AI chess coaching from Walnut Chess. en Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://walnutchess.com/blog/chess-opponents-kids-can-beat/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/chess-opponents-kids-can-beat/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kids Why matched opponents matter so much for children, what a losing streak does to a young player, and how Walnut's animal friends start very weak and grow with your child. https://walnutchess.com/blog/how-to-teach-your-child-chess/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/how-to-teach-your-child-chess/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kids A practical guide for parents, by age: short sessions, one piece at a time, puzzles that feel like games, and why letting them win now and then is part of the plan. https://walnutchess.com/blog/is-an-ai-chess-coach-safe-for-kids/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/is-an-ai-chess-coach-safe-for-kids/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kids An honest checklist for parents: who owns the account, who your child can talk to, what is kept and how to delete it, and whether the AI stays on topic. And how Walnut Chess answers each one. https://walnutchess.com/blog/free-ai-chess-coach/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/free-ai-chess-coach/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Walnut Chess Walnut Chess is completely free: no subscription, no premium tier, no card. Here is exactly what that means, why we built it that way, and what "always free" commits us to. https://walnutchess.com/blog/improve-at-chess-for-free/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/improve-at-chess-for-free/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Improvement You don't need a paid subscription or private lessons to improve at chess. A free weekly routine built on guided games, puzzles, reviews and a little study, plus the best free resources to go with it. https://walnutchess.com/blog/what-is-an-ai-chess-coach/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/what-is-an-ai-chess-coach/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Coaching An engine gives you the best move. A chatbot gives you confident guesses. A real AI chess coach combines the two so it is right about the chess and useful to you. Here is what to expect from one. https://walnutchess.com/blog/first-week-with-an-ai-chess-coach/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/first-week-with-an-ai-chess-coach/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Improvement A day-by-day plan for the first seven days with Walnut Chess, about twenty minutes a day, from the first chat with your coach to your first real game review. https://walnutchess.com/blog/guided-play-learn-during-the-game/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/guided-play-learn-during-the-game/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Coaching Feedback helps most at the moment you make a decision. Guided play puts an AI coach beside the board while you play, and a few habits keep it teaching you rather than playing for you. https://walnutchess.com/blog/ai-coach-vs-human-coach/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/ai-coach-vs-human-coach/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Coaching A good human coach is still the gold standard, and most players will never have one. Here is what an AI chess coach does well, what a human does better, and how to combine them. https://walnutchess.com/blog/endgames-every-club-player-should-know/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/endgames-every-club-player-should-know/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Study A short list of endgame positions and rules that come up again and again, and win or save more half-points than any opening trick. https://walnutchess.com/blog/playing-ai-at-your-level/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/playing-ai-at-your-level/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Game AI What an Elo rating really predicts, why a well-matched opponent teaches more than a perfect one, and why we name our bots after the class of player they play like. https://walnutchess.com/blog/learning-from-your-own-games/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/learning-from-your-own-games/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Improvement Your own games are the best study material you have. A simple routine for reviewing them, plus the blunder check that prevents the most common losses. https://walnutchess.com/blog/study-openings-without-memorising/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/study-openings-without-memorising/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Study Learn the ideas first, memorise only the lines that bite, and use spaced repetition for the rest. A practical plan for building a repertoire you actually remember. https://walnutchess.com/blog/why-a-coach-beats-an-engine-line/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/why-a-coach-beats-an-engine-line/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Coaching An engine tells you the best move. A coach tells you why, what else you could have played, and what to remember next time. Here is the difference, and how to get the second from the first. https://walnutchess.com/blog/game-ai-beyond-chess/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/game-ai-beyond-chess/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Game AI Why some games fell to computers decades before others, and how search, learning and plain good design each play their part. https://walnutchess.com/blog/how-chess-engines-think/ https://walnutchess.com/blog/how-chess-engines-think/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Engines Minimax, alpha-beta, evaluation functions and neural networks: the ideas behind every chess engine, and the seventy-year road that got us to Stockfish.