Welcome to the Chess.com Lesson Library Archive – a complete, well-structured repository to learn and master chess using lessons and challenges extracted from Chess.com.
Chess.com offers one of the best lesson libraries for beginners to advanced players. This project organizes those lessons, videos, and challenges into a navigable format – perfect for structured learning, reviewing ideas, or self-paced improvement.
Each lesson includes:
- 🎬 An instructional video
- 🧠 At least 5 chess challenges
- ♟️ Standard PGN (Portable Game Notation) format
- 📂 Category-based organization
This repository includes approximately 135 videos and around 700 challenges, all converted into clean, standardized PGN format for easy review and study.
Lessons are divided into 4 progressive categories:
- New to Chess – Learn the rules, moves, and basic ideas
- Beginner – Understand opening principles and tactics
- Intermediate – Dive into strategy, combinations, and middlegame planning
- Advanced – Take control with deep positional understanding and endgame mastery
Using custom-built Python scripts, this repository:
- Extracts the videos and challenges from Chess.com's lesson pages
- Converts challenge data into standard PGN files
- Organizes everything into easy-to-navigate
.mdfiles per topic
All challenge PGNs are copyable and ready to use!
You can paste any PGN into online viewers like:
Or use local tools such as ChessBase, SCID, or Lichess Study
🖇 Easily copy the challenge by pressing the copy icon, then paste it into the destination website or application:
👑 All moves, along with their descriptions, are available as you can see below:
All lesson content belongs to Chess.com.
This repository does not host or distribute copyrighted videos. For more information read how to extracrt video and PGN from chess.com lesson link.
This is a personal educational project created for offline study, organization, and exploration of chess training materials.
Want to help improve the formatting, add new PGNs, or extend the automation?
Pull requests are welcome!
Please:
- Follow Markdown formatting conventions
- Keep PGNs accurate and well-commented
- Add
README.mdfiles if contributing new folders
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For ideas, questions, or collaborations, open an issue or reach out via GitHub.
♟️ Study smart. Practice deep. Master the board.