AI Coach that talks
Every move you make gets a plain-English explanation. No cryptic "??". Understand chess — don't just memorize it.
Poussée (poo-SAY) — French for "the pawn push" — is the AI chess coach that explains every move in plain English, turns YOUR blunders into personal puzzles, and makes you measurably stronger in 10 minutes a day.
Four things Chess.com and Lichess don't do.
Every move you make gets a plain-English explanation. No cryptic "??". Understand chess — don't just memorize it.
Poussée mines your blunders and turns them into puzzles. Fix the holes in your game, not someone else's.
Ghost Mode replays a game you played 90+ days ago. Did you actually improve? Prove it, move by move.
10 bots with distinct styles, dialogue and story arcs. Beat Rookie Riya to unlock Scout. Chess with stakes.
Tap a piece, find the best move. The coach will explain why (or why not).
Glicko-2 rated puzzles from 400 to 2800+. Streamed from CDN shards — no 2GB download.
The world's strongest engine, tuned across 20 difficulty levels. Beat it or learn from it.
Beginner to advanced: pins, forks, endgames, openings. Step-by-step with live boards.
Rated daily events + arena every 5 minutes. No account, no backend, fully deterministic.
Import from Chess.com or Lichess. Poussée builds a prep brief against their repertoire.
Point your camera. Poussée detects the squares, guesses the FEN, and turns it into training.
Daily puzzle on your wrist. Lock Screen widgets. Live Activities for ongoing games.
Play async chess inside any Messages thread. Moves render as stickers. Friend-fight enabled.
Beat one to unlock the next.
Poussée is free. Every core feature — AI coach, mistake review, puzzles, Stockfish — works without any subscription.