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Changelog

What has changed on ClutchChess, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2026

    Your next drill takes your move right away

    In a training session, the new board sometimes ignored your clicks and drags for the first second or two after you hit Next Drill. Something loading quietly in the background was swallowing them. That's fixed, so the position now comes up ready to play.

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  2. Sep 21, 2026

    Try Premium free for 3 days

    Your first 3 days of Premium are free and we don't ask for a card. You get every training category plus the coach's notes after each drill. If you never add a card, Premium just stops after that.

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  3. Sep 21, 2026

    The next drill is ready before you ask for it

    A training session now loads your next puzzle in the background while you play the current one. Next Drill puts the board up right away instead of holding on a loading card. Your clock and rating work exactly as before.

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  4. Sep 21, 2026

    The 3-2-1 intro plays once per session

    The countdown now runs when you start a training session, and not before every drill after that. Standalone drills and the daily puzzle start straight away too. You can still turn the intro off in Settings.

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  5. Sep 21, 2026

    Clearer wording on the result screen

    The line under your result no longer guesses at what kind of position you were in, so it will not tell you that you defended a position you actually won. It sticks to the outcome and the clock.

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  6. Sep 17, 2026

    Free accounts get unlimited drills and Review

    The 50-drill daily limit is gone, so you can train as long as you like. The Review tab after each drill is free now too. It grades every move you played and shows the engine's line.

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  7. Sep 9, 2026

    Coach's Notes stick to the move you played

    Notes used to end by naming a move you did not play and telling you what it would have cost. By then you have already solved the puzzle, so that sentence is gone. The rest of the note is unchanged.

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  8. Sep 2, 2026

    Cleaner category cards on Train

    Each training category is down to one line, so you can scan the list and pick one without reading a paragraph first. Quick start is still the main button on every card.

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  9. Aug 29, 2026

    Coach's Notes lead with the idea

    Notes now open with what your move actually threatens, like a fork you were setting up, instead of describing which piece defended the square. They only call a reply forced when it really was the only legal move, and they are shorter on simple positions.

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  10. Aug 26, 2026

    Training starts faster

    Starting a session used to take a while to load the first time. You now get your first puzzle right away.

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  11. Aug 26, 2026

    Drills no longer pause between puzzles

    A training session used to freeze for a moment between puzzles while the position loaded. That pause is gone, so you move straight from one drill to the next.

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  12. Aug 21, 2026

    Coach's Notes now match the board

    Every note is written from the actual position and checked against the board before it reaches you, so the squares, pieces and moves it names are really there. A note that fails the check is replaced with a plainer one rather than a confident guess.

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  13. Aug 17, 2026

    Difficulty labels and numbers got a cleaner look

    Difficulty now reads as one scale from dim to gold instead of seven unrelated colors, so you can tell a Master puzzle from a Casual one at a glance. Your history lists each puzzle by category and rating, and ratings and timers share one font.

  14. Aug 14, 2026

    Notifications are here

    The bell in the top bar carries what has changed on the site, and a gold dot means there is something you have not read yet. The rest of the bar is the gear for settings and signing out, plus your name for your profile.

  15. Aug 13, 2026

    Quick start picks your difficulty for you

    Hit Quick start on any training category and you go straight into a drill at the level your rating says you should be playing, so you no longer have to pick a tier first.

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  16. Aug 13, 2026

    Engine strength is no longer adjustable

    Every puzzle now plays the opposing side at full strength. Beating a weakened engine was paying you for its mistakes rather than for your own play.

  17. Aug 11, 2026

    You can see how hard a puzzle is rated

    The breakdown at the end of a drill now shows the puzzle's own rating. It stays hidden while you play so it does not shape how you approach the position.

  18. Aug 11, 2026

    A correct but scrappy solve costs you less

    Solving a puzzle with one loose move in it no longer wipes out most of what you earned. You keep a fixed share of the gain instead of losing more of it the easier the puzzle was.