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ChessXT Gaming Manual

Complete guide19 sectionsPlayer + role workflows

How to play, train, compete, and operate ChessXT

This manual explains every major ChessXT module: account setup, dashboard, gameplay, AI Coach, puzzles, RPG progression, community, team wars, tournaments, school workflows, creators, billing, certificates, fair play, settings, and admin operations.

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Start Here

1. Account Setup

Create an account, verify email OTP, sign in with email or Google, and use Dashboard as your command center.

How to use

  1. Register from the homepage or /register.
  2. Complete email OTP verification when using email registration.
  3. Log in and use Dashboard to reach Play, Puzzles, AI Coach, and Game Review.

Best practice

  • If a session expires, log in again and return to the page from the sidebar.
  • On mobile, open navigation from the hamburger menu.
Player Home

2. Dashboard

Shows your player command center, training signals, saved review entry points, and fast paths into gameplay.

How to use

  1. Use Open lobby to start or resume play.
  2. Use Train tactics to enter Puzzles.
  3. Use Coach workspace for AI Coach.
  4. Use Game review for completed-game analysis.

Best practice

  • Start most sessions from Dashboard so active-game recovery and saved reviews are easy to find.
Gameplay

3. Play Lobby

Start bot games, join matchmaking, resume active games, manage presence, view recent games, and handle rematches.

How to use

  1. Choose Quick Play, Rated Random, Play Friend, Start Bot Game, or Matchmaking.
  2. For bot games, select bot level, side, clock, and increment.
  3. For matchmaking, choose rated pool, pace, rating range, and region.
  4. Use Resume when a current active game appears.

Best practice

  • Use easier bots for warmups and stronger bots for serious practice.
  • Cancel matchmaking if you no longer want to wait.
Board

4. Live Chess Board

Play moves, watch clocks, chat, recover connection state, report issues, and generate post-game review artifacts.

How to use

  1. Wait for Your move.
  2. Tap or click a piece, then tap or click its destination square.
  3. In bot games, the opposition replies automatically after legal submitted moves.
  4. After completion, generate AI Coach Review when available.

Best practice

  • If the board says Opposition to move, Move locked, Spectator view, or Clock expired, you cannot move at that moment.
  • Use Play > Resume if a live game is already running.
Multi-Game

5. Games Catalog

Browse game types, start supported sessions, inspect rulesets, manage ratings, and review validation/replay records.

How to use

  1. Open Games.
  2. Choose a playable catalog item.
  3. Start a session when enabled.
  4. Use Ratings to inspect rating tracks, history, model values, recalculation jobs, and risk signals.

Best practice

  • The catalog includes chess plus board-game foundations such as checkers, Othello, and Sudoku-style modules.
Training

6. AI Coach

Start sparring, pick bot levels, choose arenas, save feedback, calibrate difficulty, create drills, and manage training plans.

How to use

  1. Open AI Coach.
  2. Use Start Sparring at the top.
  3. Select bot level, training goal, side, session clock, and increment.
  4. Open sessions from history for feedback, calibration, study plans, drills, engine summaries, and completion rewards.

Best practice

  • Use specific goals such as Practice king safety, Convert winning endgames, or Improve tactical vision.
Analysis

7. Game Review

Generate and revisit post-game AI Coach Reviews, PGN, move quality, coach insights, safety review, weakness profiles, and training plans.

How to use

  1. Open Game Review from Dashboard or AI Coach.
  2. Select a recent game.
  3. Click Post-game Review to save the complete review.
  4. Use Analyze, PGN, Moves, Insights, Safety, and Board actions as needed.

Best practice

  • Completed games with saved reviews are reusable from Dashboard, AI Coach, and Game Review.
Calculation

8. Puzzles and Training

Solve daily puzzles, play board-based puzzle lines, use automatic opposition replies, run rush/survival modes, manage collections, and validate generated puzzles.

How to use

  1. Open Puzzles.
  2. Read the side to move.
  3. Play the move on the board or type a move.
  4. Continue the line after automatic replies.
  5. Use Review solved or Review again to manage spaced review.

Best practice

  • Puzzle Rush logs quick batches; Survival tracks longer streak-based training.
  • Generated Puzzle Validation checks FEN, solution, theme, and difficulty.
Progression

9. RPG Profile

Track XP, levels, quests, badges, skill tree, account security, organizations, permissions, and family links.

How to use

  1. Open RPG.
  2. Claim completed quests.
  3. Unlock eligible skills.
  4. Review badges and progression.
  5. Manage devices, organizations, permissions, and family links where needed.

Best practice

  • Play games and solve puzzles first, then return to RPG to collect progression rewards.
Social

10. Community

Use the feed, messages, clubs, player search, quick connects, attachments, reports, blocks, and safety controls.

How to use

  1. Use Feed for posts, comments, and reactions.
  2. Use Messages to search players and send direct messages.
  3. Use Clubs for group activity.
  4. Use Safety for reports and blocks.

Best practice

  • Community content can be moderated; unsafe content may be held for review.
Learning

11. Blog

Read ChessXT product updates, chess learning content, platform announcements, and public educational articles.

How to use

  1. Open Blog from the sidebar, homepage navigation, or footer.
  2. Read and share public articles.

Best practice

  • Blog is public and useful for non-logged-in discovery.
Team Competition

12. Team Wars

Join team competitions, follow schedules, track leaderboards, contribute points, use team rooms, and monitor rewards/playoffs.

How to use

  1. Open Team Wars.
  2. Join a team.
  3. Follow current schedule and matches.
  4. Use team rooms for coordination.
  5. Track leaderboard, rewards, seasons, captains, playoffs, and abuse-risk signals.

Best practice

  • Supported contributions can include games, puzzle rush, or other validated activities.
Events

13. Tournaments

Register for events, inspect rounds and pairings, report results where authorized, and follow standings.

How to use

  1. Open Tournaments.
  2. Select an event.
  3. Click Register.
  4. Watch rounds and pairings.
  5. Play assigned games when pairings are available.

Best practice

  • Authorized organizers can create rounds and report 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 results.
Education

14. Schools, Student, Teacher, and Parent Hubs

Support classroom assignments, student practice, teacher reports, parent summaries, safety status, and school workflows.

How to use

  1. Students complete assigned tactics and classroom games.
  2. Teachers review learners, reports, and students needing help.
  3. Parents review practice, completion, focus, and safety summaries.
  4. Schools manage classroom and organization workflows.

Best practice

  • Role-based hubs appear only for accounts with the required role.
Marketplace

15. Creators and Coaches

View creator products, courses, puzzle packs, coaching offers, coach profiles, reviews, and learner evidence.

How to use

  1. Open Creators to review marketplace-style products.
  2. Open coach pages to inspect profile, courses, students, and reviews.
  3. Use creator tools where your account is authorized.

Best practice

  • Creators and coaches can connect learning content with AI Coach and game review artifacts.
Account Value

16. Billing and Certificates

Review plans, invoices, subscriptions, earned certificates, credential records, and certificate seals where supported.

How to use

  1. Open Billing to inspect plan and invoice status.
  2. Open Certificates to view earned credentials.
  3. Use certificate records for schools, courses, tournaments, or training achievements.

Best practice

  • Live payment behavior depends on configured billing provider readiness.
Trust

17. Fair Play

Submit reports, track appeals, review risk summaries, and protect competitive integrity.

How to use

  1. Open Fair Play.
  2. Submit honest reports for suspected cheating, abusive chat, manipulation, or suspicious game behavior.
  3. Track report and appeal status.

Best practice

  • Do not use outside engines during restricted competitive play.
  • False or abusive reports can also be moderated.
Operations

18. Settings and Admin

Settings handles preferences; Admin handles identity, readiness, moderation, operations, integrations, feature flags, and branding.

How to use

  1. Use Settings for privacy, notifications, theme, and account data readiness.
  2. Admins use Overview, User Identity, Go-Live Readiness, Moderation, Operations, Integrations, Feature Flags, and Branding.

Best practice

  • Admin is role-restricted. Use permanent erase only for approved non-production/test users.
Help

19. Troubleshooting

Resolve move locks, bot reply issues, puzzle continuation issues, session expiry, mobile layout issues, and Google sign-in errors.

How to use

  1. If you cannot move, check turn, color, game status, clock, spectator mode, move submission, and session state.
  2. If bot or puzzle reply does not appear, refresh and reload current state.
  3. If login is stale, log out and back in.

Best practice

  • For stuck games, return to Play and use Resume.
  • For OAuth issues, use email login while admin checks provider redirect settings.