Scouting tells you what to fix. This guide tells you how to fix it — whether you're prepping for a tournament, climbing your own rating, or coaching a student.
Don't try to fix everything at once. One loop per week beats binge-studying.
Run analysis on yourself or an opponent. Start with the evidence banner, then note only findings that show a sample size and clear their confidence threshold.
Open one real game in Game Review. Find the single move that swung the evaluation most. That is your fix for the week.
Turn that exact mistake into a matched drill or lesson. If no direct match exists, use a general calculation set and keep the original position as the source of truth.
In Game Review, read the full coaching session — phase grades, turning points, and habit checklist. Note the “before your next game” tip.
Use Study Mode only for a repeated opening, opponent puzzles only for measured mistakes, and Style Bot only when its evidence panel says habits are supported. Otherwise use general sparring.
Engine scout tab, radar chart, and opponent puzzles: Live on self-scout dashboard.
You have 30 minutes before a round. This order maximises what you'll remember over the board.
Scouting reports adapt to your level. Beginners get plain language; pros get terse high-signal bullets. Change it on any scouting report — your choice is remembered.
Default. Plain English — what happened and one thing to try.
Clear chess ideas with a concrete plan.
Mechanism, caveats, and evidence-backed nuance.
Compact coach shorthand — signal, metrics, handle.
Analyze yourself or an opponent. You get openings, style, tilt, archetype, flairs, and a scouting report with concrete weaknesses.
Paste any PGN or open a game from My Games. Stockfish labels every move — brilliant, best, inaccuracy, blunder — with plain-English coaching.
Watch real Lichess games with move-by-move teaching and coach prompts on every ply — great for pattern recognition.
Best as a watch + pattern habit; deeper coaching still lives in Review.
Save game reports for students, track prescriptions, and build a coaching library from reviewed games.
Walk through real positions move-by-move. Good for learning patterns (pins, forks, opening ideas) without memorising theory.
A growing curated set — strong for beginners/improvers, not a full course library.
Short tactical puzzles. Use a matched theme only when the scout report links it to measured mistakes; otherwise choose a general calculation set.
Use a rating-calibrated sparring bot. Opening and style imitation switch on only after repeated games clear the evidence threshold.
Opening imitation needs enough scouted games; otherwise you get rating sparring.
Drop in a critical FEN from a game you're studying. See the engine's best line and plain-English coaching.
Your main archetype is how you play overall (one winner from trait matching). Flairs are fun extra badges — you can have several. Use archetypes for study focus; flairs for quick personality read before a blitz session.