Now in TestFlight beta

Chess,
explained out loud.

Prop your iPhone above a real board. Eloqi follows your moves and explains what is happening out loud, in words you already understand.

An iPhone on a stand above a real chess board

Set the board. I will follow along.

Opening position Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick, Paris 1858

01 Real board

It watches the board you already own.

Prop your phone up, and play the way you always have. Eloqi follows the pieces as your hands move them, and speaks up the moment something matters.

  • The set you already haveNo smart board, no sensors, nothing to stick on the squares.
  • Your hands, not a screenMove real pieces. It keeps up, and says so plainly when it loses sight of the board.
  • No signal requiredBoard tracking happens on the phone itself, so it works wherever you practise.
An iPhone on a stand above a wooden chess board, following the game

02 Live coaching

A coach who talks you through it.

Six coaches, six different voices, all speaking from the phone itself. They talk while the position is still alive, in plain words, never in notation you have to decode.

Explains the idea before the move, and never rushes you.

9:41

Warm and patient

That knight has nowhere good to go. Trade it while you can.

03 Game review

See exactly where
the game turned.

Accuracy for both sides, the handful of moves that actually changed the game, and a plain English reason for every one of them.

0.0% Morphy

Opera Game, Paris 1858

0.0% Allies

Move along the graph to replay the game.

  • Blunder

    10. ... cxb5 Taking the knight opens the file Morphy’s rook has been waiting for.

  • Brilliant

    16. Qb8+ The queen is offered for free. Taking it allows mate on the next move.

Brilliant2
Best14
Inaccuracy3
Blunder2

· Your move

Finish the most famous game in chess.

Paris, 1858. Morphy is down material with two pieces still in play, and there is mate in two. Play it here and the coach talks you through it exactly the way it would over your own board.

Coach

White to move. Two moves and it is over. Take your time.

Move 1 of 2Tap a piece to see where it can go

04 Practice

Then it drills what
you keep getting wrong.

A timed tactics puzzle in Eloqi

Tactics that match your gaps

Puzzles chosen from the patterns you actually miss, not a generic ladder.

An interactive lesson on the Sicilian Defense

Lessons you play, not read

Play through openings and endgames while the coach explains the ideas out loud.

A guided puzzle with coach commentary

Opponents at your level

Opponents matched to your level, then a review of the game move by move.

· Private by design

Your board never leaves your phone.

Camera frames are read on the phone and thrown away. Tracking, analysis and the coach voices all run locally, so there is no Eloqi account to create and no Eloqi server holding your games. Backups, if you want them, go through your own iCloud.

  • CameraBoard tracking
  • AnalysisMove review
  • CoachingSpoken explanations

· Pricing

You keep losing
the same way.

Eloqi finds the mistakes you repeat, then builds your practice around them. A human coach costs about $60 an hour.

Monthly

$5.99/month

Cancel any time from Settings.

Best value

Yearly

$49.99/year

7 days free, then about $4.17 a month.

Lifetime

$99.99 once

Pay once. Nothing renews.

Join the beta, free for now

Testers get everything above at no cost while the beta runs. Plans start at launch, charged to your Apple ID, and you can cancel any time in Settings.

Questions

Do I need a special board?

No. Use the board and pieces you already have. There is no smart board to buy and nothing to attach to the squares.

Does it need the internet?

No. Recognition, analysis and the coach voices all run on the phone. It works on a plane.

Which iPhone do I need?

An iPhone running iOS 17.0 or later. Newer models follow the board faster.

Where do my camera frames go?

They stay on the phone and are never uploaded. There is no account tied to your games either.

Can I just play on the screen?

Yes. The camera is for real boards, but you can play, review and train entirely on the phone if you prefer.

Your next move should
teach you something.

Set up a board. Prop up your phone. Hear what you have been missing.

Join the beta

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