Teach chess live — without Zoom

The board and the video are in the same room

Most online chess lessons are a video call in one window and a chess site in another. You share your screen, students squint at it, and nobody can touch the board but you. Chess Nexus puts both in one place.

• 📹HD video & screen shareSee your whole class, share your screen when you need to. Background noise suppression and video touch-up are built in, so a noisy room or a dim lamp doesn't ruin the lesson.
• ♟️One shared boardEvery student sees the same position, live. Move a piece and it moves on their screen instantly — no 'can you see my screen?'.
• 🖱️Give a student controlHand the board to any student so they play the move themselves in front of the class, then take it back with one click.
• ✏️Draw on the boardArrows and square highlights sync to everyone, so you point at the plan instead of describing it in words.
• 📚Load content instantlyPull your own studies, built-in Nexus studies, courses, your coach library, endgames, puzzles by theme or rating, and master games searchable by player or opening — straight onto the class board.
• 🤖Private engineStockfish runs on your side only. You see the evaluation and best lines; students see just the board, so you can guide without giving the answer away.
• ⏳Waiting roomStudents wait until you admit them, so nobody wanders in halfway through an explanation.
• ✋Raise handA student raises their hand and their tile jumps to the front of your grid. You can lower it for them once it's dealt with.
• 🎙️Mic & camera controlsMute a student or turn their camera off in one click from their video tile. Turning either back on is always a request the student accepts — a child's mic or camera is never forced on.
• 📋Attendance writes itselfAdmitting a student records their attendance for that class. No separate register to fill in afterwards.
• 💬Class chatA chat panel for the session — good for links and quick questions without interrupting the lesson.
• 🎯Activities on the stageOne Activities panel, right inside the class: Play in class, a coach Simul, and private Arena races & tournaments — all launched without leaving the room.
• ♟️Play in classPair students into real games — the whole class can play at once, each on their own board with live clocks like a Lichess broadcast. You watch every board live, spotlight one for everyone to follow, and load any finished game onto the teaching board to review it together.
• 🎲Simul — play the whole classRun a simultaneous exhibition: you play every student at once. Send a join request, and once they accept you see one big active board plus a strip of all the others — click any board to swap to it and make your move, exactly like the Lichess simul page.
• 🏁Private races & tournamentsLaunch a private Arena race or tournament for your class without leaving the room — only your own students can join, results shown right on the stage.

What each plan includes

Every coach gets the live classroom — free plans included. Paid live plans raise how often you teach, how long, and how many students join.

Live classroom FAQ