Chess Coaching Platform — Run Your Academy in One Place
Chess Nexus gives chess coaches and academies a complete free toolkit: a student roster organised into batches, assignments you can build in seconds, a course builder, private class-only races, direct student chat, and progress reports parents actually understand.
Everything you need to run a coaching practice
From your first student to a full academy — one dashboard covers rosters, lessons, live class activities and parent communication.
One dashboard shows ratings, activity and attendance for every student — group them into batches by level, age or class, set a weekly class schedule with day, time and Zoom link per batch, and see who's online right now. Push tactics assignments in seconds: Find-the-Blunder puzzles from real games, or Play-vs-Stockfish positions set up on a visual board editor with no FEN typing required, reusing saved templates or pulling from the admin blunder library, with solve rate and accuracy tracked per student. Build a structured syllabus with the Course Builder from your own studies — chapters of lessons, videos, master games and endgame positions — that students follow per batch from a dedicated "My Syllabus" tab. Run Arena Races and Tournaments that only your own students can join, chat directly with students in a dedicated coach-student chat separate from the general community, and send parents shareable progress reports covering puzzle accuracy, games played, blunder trends and monthly focus.
Set up your roster →Your class stays your class
Every private race, tournament and assignment a coach creates is strictly limited to that coach's own accepted students — never open to the public, never visible on the general Arena page. Students only see your activities in their dedicated "My Coach" area.
Free forever — no catch
Coach on Chess Nexus for free, permanently, for up to 30 students — no card required and no trial countdown. Running a bigger academy or want premium tools like the endgame trainer and repertoire builder included free for your students? A paid coach plan unlocks unlimited students and extra perks like more saved templates and admin blunder libraries.
Frequently asked questions
Is Chess Nexus free for chess coaches?
Yes — coaching on Chess Nexus is free forever for up to 30 students, no card required and no time limit. Beyond 30 students, or for premium tools like the endgame trainer and repertoire builder, a paid plan unlocks unlimited students and extra perks.
What can a chess coach do on Chess Nexus?
Manage a student roster grouped into batches, set a weekly class schedule, assign tactics (Find-the-Blunder or Play-vs-Stockfish) to individuals or whole groups, build a course syllabus from your own studies, run private class-only arena races and tournaments, chat directly with students, and send parents shareable progress reports — all from one dashboard.
Can I run private puzzle races just for my students?
Yes. Coach-created arena races and tournaments are private by default — only your own accepted students can join. They never appear on the public Arena page, so there's no risk of outside players joining your class session.
How do I create a chess assignment without typing a FEN?
The Play-vs-Stockfish assignment builder includes a visual board editor — drag pieces onto the board, set side to move, castling rights and en passant, and it builds the FEN for you. No manual FEN notation needed.
Can I track my students' progress over time?
Yes. Every assignment records solve rate and accuracy per student, and the dashboard tracks activity, ratings and streaks across your whole roster — plus shareable reports parents can see directly.
Explore more of Chess Nexus
Every feature is free with no ads. Pick where you want to grow next.
Chess Puzzles
Daily puzzles from super-grandmaster games, the Monthly Focus challenge, TTT and Bingo. A free, fun way to train tactics.
Learn more →Puzzle Race
Solve as many tactics as you can against the clock. Timed puzzle races by theme, with live leaderboards.
Learn more →Play Chess Online
Play live games against other members or challenge the Stockfish engine — all free, no ads.
Learn more →Play With Friends
Create a private room, share a link and play 2-player chess with a friend in real time — free, no ads.
Learn more →Masters Games
Play through famous grandmaster and World Champion games move by move, and guess the master's move — free.
Learn more →Analyse My Game
Get a move-by-move review with a CAPS accuracy score, blunder detection, piece heatmaps and session badges.
Learn more →Improve at Chess
Your Nexus Guide studies your own games, finds your weaknesses, replays your mistakes and drills the tactics you keep missing — free.
Learn more →3D Chess Arena
Enter an immersive 3D world as an avatar — play real-time tournaments at the table and solve tactics in a 5-stage Puzzle Hall with live leaderboards and chat.
Learn more →Chess Study
Structured lessons and tests — basic tactics, openings, endgames and positional play — chapter by chapter.
Learn more →Chess Community
Follow friends, join clubs, see live activity feeds and weekly leaderboards in the Chess Nexus social hub.
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