Step 1
Guided
The starting square lights up, an arrow shows the move. You grab the piece and place it. You can't go wrong — you learn the motion.
The method
Here, you learn by playing.
You play every move yourself. It sticks, and it stays. Three steps with fading guidance, until you know the opening by heart.
4.Ng5
The knight heads to g5: the source square lights up and the path appears. All you do is play the move yourself.
Step 2
Hint
Less help this time. Just a hint if you get stuck. You replay the line leaning on your fresh memory.
Step 3
Memory
No more guidance. You replay the whole line from memory. When you finish it, you know it by heart — for good.
And every move has its why
"1.e4 — You take the center and open lines for the bishop and queen." You don't memorize moves in a vacuum: you understand the idea behind each one.
Why Prologue
Built to remember, not to review endlessly.
You learn by playing
No video to watch passively. You replay every move yourself — that's how memory locks in.
No made-up moves
Every line comes from verified chess sources and is engine-checked. You learn real theory, not an approximation.
The openings that matter
Each opening is tagged by its real popularity across 8.2M games. You spend your time on what your opponents actually play.
The why behind each move
A clear sentence explains the idea behind every move. You grasp the plan, you don't recite a string of squares.
Coming soon on iPhone
Ready to play your openings?
Prologue Chess is coming to the App Store. Start with the Italian Game, for free, and learn every opening by playing it.
Download on the App StoreComing soon. iPhone first.