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Spaced review
Use spaced review to learn your studies and opening repertoires.
Each day, ChessFlare selects the opening lines you need to review based on your mistakes, your successes, and the date of your last session. You only play your side of the board – the app handles the rest.
Used by club players to stabilize their openings.Built on the SM2 Spaced Repetition algorithm.Compatible with repertoires you create in ChessFlare.
spaced review for openings
How does spaced review for openings?
A clear loop, from the dashboard to the calculation of the next review date.
Start the session
You play your moves, the board animates and follows the line.
Get your summary
Mistakes, hints, solutions, time spent, and the next review date.
In just a few minutes, you maintain your opening repertoire without thinking about what to work on.
Spaced Repetition
The science behind Spaced Repetition
A Spaced Repetition (SM2) algorithm applied to your openings.
ChessFlare adapts the SM2 algorithm, widely used in flashcard apps. Each review produces a quality score from 1 to 5, computed from your mistakes, your use of hints, and when you ask for the full solution.
If your quality is low, the repetition is considered not mastered: the review interval is shortened and the variation comes back quickly. If your quality is high, the interval grows progressively up to several weeks.
- Takes into account the actual difficulty of each opening variation.
- Automatically adapts to your level with no manual tuning.
- Avoids overtraining on lines you already know well.
SM2
Example of SM2 interval
- 11st reviewDay +1
- 22nd reviewDay +6
- 33rd reviewDay +16
- 44th reviewDay +41
- 5Etc.depending on quality
The more accurately you play without help, the further your opening variations are spaced out in time - without ever disappearing from your memory.
spaced review
Why use spaced review for your chess openings?
01
Never forget your critical lines
Important variations come back more often until they are mastered. You reinforce your repertoire exactly where you were fragile.
02
Save time every day
Instead of manually choosing what to review, ChessFlare prepares your session in seconds. You open the app, click the card, and play.
03
Track your measurable progress
Each session builds a history of quality scores, time spent, and reviews completed. Perfect for tracking your training discipline.
04
Adapted to your real performance
The more mistakes you make on a line, the sooner it comes back. Once you master it, the interval grows and you can invest your time elsewhere.
05
Designed for openings, not flashcards
You review in real chess positions with an interactive board, your repertoires, and your usual colors.
06
Easy to fit in your routine
5 to 15 minutes per day are enough to maintain a complete repertoire without cognitive overload.
Who is spaced review for?
Spaced Repetition is for players who have already started building a repertoire.
Club players (1200–2100 Elo)
You already know your opening systems, but you forget critical variations after a few weeks without practice.
Repertoire creators in ChessFlare
You have invested time in building Learn courses and lines. Spaced review protects that investment over the long term.
Busy but consistent players
You want a short, clear routine that doesn’t require choosing what to work on. The app handles the daily selection for you.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an existing repertoire to use Spaced Repetition?
Yes. Spaced Repetition works from variations you have already learned in Learn courses. Once your lines are created and completed, they can enter the spaced review system.
What happens if I make a lot of mistakes during a session?
Mistakes, hints, and solutions all increase your error score. That score is converted into a low quality value, which shortens the interval until the next review for that variation.
Can I use spaced review on mobile?
Yes. ChessFlare is available on the web, and through our mobile apps on Android and iOS. The 'Spaced Repetition' card remains your daily entry point, whatever device you use.
Does Spaced Repetition replace studying new openings?
No. It secures openings you have already learned so you don’t forget them. You can keep creating and learning new lines in ChessFlare, which Spaced Repetition will then maintain over time.
Spaced review
A daily routine based on Spaced Repetition (SM2) so you never forget your repertoires again.
Each day, ChessFlare selects the opening lines you need to review based on your mistakes, your successes, and the date of your last session. You only play your side of the board – the app handles the rest.
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