London & Caro Trainer

Kick back. Play your lines. Let the ideas sink in.

your move / plantheir threatother idea

Moves

Export to a Lichess study
  1. On Lichess open Learn → Study and create a study.
  2. Click Add chapter, then the PGN tab.
  3. Paste the text. Each line becomes its own chapter, with the notes as comments.
  4. Set Orientation to White and Analysis mode to Interactive lesson to be quizzed on Lichess too.

Source and editing guide: github.com/newfreshhorizonx/london-caro-trainer. Learn shows arrows and notes; Drill hides them and counts mistakes (3 clean runs in a row = mastered). A good move in the wrong order, or another engine-approved move, isn't counted as a mistake: you get a yellow note and the trainer steers you back to the repertoire move. Three repertoires: the London as White, the Caro-Kann against 1.e4, and the King's Indian against 1.d4. Where IM Alex Banzea has a clear choice in his own games (chess.com: alex_banzea), the lines follow him; the rest is mainstream theory, checked with Stockfish. Each line is quizzed to roughly move 10–15; after that you can step through the ideas to around move 20 without being tested. Progress is saved in this browser. Keys: R restart · H hint · N next. Pieces: cburnett set (CC BY-SA 3.0), as used on Lichess.