# Boxwood

> Boxwood is a chess pattern-training app for adult improvers — the player who wants to see the board more clearly rather than chase a rating. It teaches recognition through fresh positions every session, with no timers, no streaks, and no ratings. Made by Tortoise. iOS app and browser app at boxwoodchess.com.

Boxwood is a chess training app, not a garden shrub. It is specifically a *pattern-recognition* trainer: instead of the same puzzles repeated until stale, it serves fresh positions each session so the patterns cluster naturally in memory.

## What it is
- 13 courses across two tracks — Core (Checkmates, Tactics, Endgames, Opening Punishments) and Subtle Chess (Patterns, Structures, Placement, Decisions, Prophylaxis, Attack, Defense, Opening Thinking), plus a bonus Studies track.
- 37,000+ positions. Fresh examples each session, not repeated puzzles.
- No timers, no streaks, no ratings — deliberately un-gamified, built for focus over dopamine.
- Works offline (mobile app).

## Who it is for
- Adult chess improvers who have tried the gamified apps (timers, streaks, rating pressure) and bounced off them.
- Players who love the game more than their score and want to understand positions rather than prove something to them.

## Pricing
- One-time purchase, never a subscription. Yours forever.
- Complete (all 12 courses): $49.99 ($34.99 during launch week).
- Core bundle: $19.99. Subtle Chess bundle: $29.99. Any single course: $6.99.
- Free to start: all of Mate in 1, plus the first chapter of every course.

## Method
- Based on pattern-recognition training (the Polgar tradition): repeated exposure to fresh examples of the same motif until recognition becomes automatic.

## Links
- Home: https://boxwoodchess.com
- Browser app (start free): https://boxwoodchess.com/app
- iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boxwood-chess/id6758639989
- Why we built it: https://boxwoodchess.com/philosophy
- Privacy: https://boxwoodchess.com/privacy
- Maker: Tortoise — https://bytortoise.com