Scouting tells you what to fix. This guide tells you how to fix it — whether you're prepping for a tournament, climbing your own rating, or coaching a student.
Don't try to fix everything at once. One loop per week beats binge-studying.
Run analysis on yourself or an opponent. Read the scouting report at your level (Beginner → Pro). Note the top 3 items — not ten.
Open one real game in Game Review. Find the single move that swung the evaluation most. That is your fix for the week.
Turn that mistake into a drill theme or lesson. If they hang pieces in the opening, do 10 fork puzzles. If you blunder in time trouble, play slower blitz.
In Game Review, read the full coaching session — phase grades, turning points, and habit checklist. Note the “before your next game” tip.
Study Mode for their opening line. Style Bot for one practice spar. Opponent puzzles from their actual blunders. Then play a rated game and check if the pattern shows up.
Engine scout tab, radar chart, and opponent puzzles: Beta on self-scout dashboard.
You have 30 minutes before a round. This order maximises what you'll remember over the board.
Scouting reports adapt to your level. Beginners get plain language; pros get terse high-signal bullets. Change it on any scouting report — your choice is remembered.
Jargon explained inline. Short actionable fixes.
Default scouting copy — balanced for club players.
Pattern labels, confidence %, multi-step plans.
Headline + category + sample size. No hand-holding.
Analyze yourself or an opponent. You get openings, style, tilt, archetype, flairs, and a scouting report with concrete weaknesses.
Paste any PGN or open a game from My Games. Stockfish labels every move — brilliant, best, inaccuracy, blunder — with plain-English coaching.
Watch real Lichess games with move-by-move teaching and coach prompts on every ply — great for pattern recognition.
Save game reports for students, track prescriptions, and build a coaching library from reviewed games.
Walk through real positions move-by-move. Good for learning patterns (pins, forks, opening ideas) without memorising theory.
Short tactical puzzles. Match themes to your scouting weak spots — back-rank mates if they hang pieces, forks if they miss knight tricks.
Play a Style Bot built from a real opponent's opening book and strength. One game before a tournament match is worth an hour of reading.
Drop in a critical FEN from a game you're studying. See the engine's best line and plain-English coaching.
Your main archetype is how you play overall (one winner from trait matching). Flairs are fun extra badges — you can have several. Use archetypes for study focus; flairs for quick personality read before a blitz session.