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Now in private beta · Meet Tempo, the chess coach

Tactics rating up.
Game rating flat. Sound familiar?

For chess players who refuse to plateau. Tempo studies your games, finds the patterns no one's pointed out yet, and gives you a plan you'll actually follow.

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The plateau

You've tried everything.
You're still stuck.

Stockfish tells you the move was −2.3. It doesn't tell you why you keep making it in tense middlegames.

YouTube explains the Caro-Kann to a million people. None of those people are you. Chess.com Insights shows charts, not coaching.

The thing you're missing isn't more information. It's someone who actually knows your game.

  • More tactics puzzles
  • More YouTube openings
  • More engine evaluations
  • A coach who knows you

Meet Tempo

The coach built for the player you actually are.

He knows your weaknesses

Tempo studies every game you upload. He spots the patterns you keep repeating — the rook lifts you never play, the trades you take when you shouldn't.

He plans your week

Forty minutes on Tuesday. A puzzle set targeting your weak endgame. One opening review. A plan light enough you'll actually do it.

He remembers everything

Last month's blunder. The line you keep avoiding. The opening you said you'd learn. Tempo carries it all forward, session to session.

How it works

From signup to your first plan in 10 minutes.

  1. Step 01

    Sign up

    Email and a username. No credit card. Thirty seconds.

  2. Step 02

    Connect your games

    Link your Chess.com or Lichess username. Tempo pulls your recent games automatically.

  3. Step 03

    Get your read

    Tempo analyzes patterns across your last fifty games and tells you what's actually holding you back.

  4. Step 04

    Your first plan

    A focused weekly plan, calibrated to your rating, time, and weak spots. Ready in under ten minutes.

A real conversation

Specific. Honest. The way a coach actually talks.

Tempo

Chess coach · online

Lost again as Black against the London. 1400 rated. I feel like I'm just shuffling pieces by move 15.
Looked at the game. The London isn't your problem — your move 11 …Nbd7 is. You keep parking that knight where it blocks your own bishop, in three of your last four Londons.
So what should I play instead?
Try …c5 and …Qb6 setups. It's the classic London antidote — pressure b2 before the kingside attack arrives. Honest take: you're not losing because of the opening, you're losing because you don't have a plan once it ends. Let's fix that this week.

Pricing

Simple. Founding members lock in 50% off Pro forever.

Free

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  • 5 coaching chats per month
  • 1 game analysis
  • Basic recommendations
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Pro

$12.99/month

The full coach. The one that remembers.

  • Unlimited coaching chats
  • Unlimited game analysis
  • Personalized weekly training plans
  • Long-term memory across sessions
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