A personalized chess coach powered by AI?

I've been thinking about the recent advances in AI and wondering if it's possible to create a personalized AI chess coach.

As an adult, I've noticed my progress in chess is much slower compared to kids. Sure, having less time to commit is part of it, but not having a coach to guide me is another big factor. I think a virtual AI chess coach could be really interesting and helpful. Imagine an AI coach that interacts with you like a real one (maybe through something like ChatGPT?), giving tailored lessons on openings, tactics, endgames, and more. It could also analyze your games and point out areas where you need to improve.

While Chess.com offers some great features like opening lessons, tactics lessons, and puzzles, these aren't integrated in a way that provides a cohesive learning experience. You still have to figure out a curriculum for yourself. I've also tried playing chess with ChatGPT, but sometimes it tries to make illegal moves, so it's clear the current version isn't quite up to enforcing chess rules properly. I hope someone can develop a better version that can help people, especially adults like me who want to self-learn and improve their chess skills.

Does this idea sound interesting to anyone? If so, what features would you like to see in a virtual chess coach?

What rating barrier are you trying to reach

I've been stucking at ~1800 for a while.

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I believe there are a few, but I found one not too long ago called chessvia.ai. Its looks pretty solid to me and is relatively cheap compared to a coach.

In my mind, there are three severe problems with this. AI is prone to the occasional serious mistake, which might mislead a player into serious mistakes. Another, (maybe even bigger) problem is personal experience. Every coach has a unique teaching style influenced by details like their playing style, opening repertoire, down to the very age they learned the rules. And that style just makes them “click” with some. It’s extremely hard to replicate humanity with a machine. A machine can have a fictional backstory, but not a true “life story.” Hardships, challenges, celebrations that brought them closer to the game of chess simply do not exist.

Finally, robots often make very unnatural moves. And it would be a great challenge to make a robot play like a human.

Otherwise, it’s a decent idea.

I'm sure it can you just need to feed it the proper information and ask the right questions.

I've been doing some AI work with chess and photography lately that is spot on and there's is no way I could have managed without AI. Clarification is needed at some points along the way when you suspect something is off or it feels incomplete.