World of the Board
Learn the rules · Play on your own
From your first square to your first full game.
THE POST OFFICEFree course
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A chess course for people who have never played. No memorising, no long videos — every lesson, you deliver a letter. 78 lessons, free.
Six steps, about twenty minutes
1
Learn the skill
Femuey explains the one thing this lesson is about.
2
Practise a delivery
Try a few. Get one wrong and it walks you through the thinking.
3
Deliver alone
Do it yourself, with no hints.
4
Retrace the route
Walk back through what you just did.
5
Name the method
Put the lesson into one sentence.
6
Tomorrow's letter
Come back tomorrow for a short review.
From naming the pieces to finishing a game
78 lessons across four levels, graded by what you can do rather than how old you are — so adults starting from zero use it the same way.
World of the Opponent
Spot threats · Calculate tactics
See your opponent's plan and learn to attack, defend and calculate.
World of Plans
Compare choices · Make a plan
Turn one good move into a plan you can explain.
Competition & Mastery
Systematic training · Tournament review
Build your own opening, calculation, endgame and review routine.
A teacher who remembers you
Femuey knows which lesson you are on, which kind of puzzle you keep getting wrong, and which review letter is due. Ask it something and it will not hand over the answer — it walks you through the thinking. There is a daily limit on questions.
It can see your record
Overall progress, streaks, and the sticking points that keep coming back.
It cannot see the answers
Correct options and correct moves are not in its hands — it cannot do the exercise for your child.
A note for parents
After every conversation it writes a short note. You can read it, clear it, or switch the memory off.
Already play a bit? Twelve rounds, a few minutes, and you start where you should
At the end you get a placement letter. Lessons you have clearly passed are marked as mastered and the ones after them unlock. Every question comes from the course itself — no hints, and it does not tell you right or wrong as you go.
Want it sharper? Play one real game against Maia. It reads your game for pieces given away, threats missed, opening habits and how you finish, and feeds that back into the twelve rounds.
Learning ends in a real game
Your opponent is Maia — an engine trained on human games, so it plays like a person rather than a machine. Nine levels from 1100 to 1900 ELO. When the game ends you can review it, and ask Femuey which move went wrong.
Questions parents ask
All 78 lessons are free. Femuey has a daily limit on questions.
Go deliver the first letter
Sign up free and start with lesson one.