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Active recall for chess
Don't just watch the greatest games. Play them.
Tabia turns famous master games into an active workout — reconstruct every move from memory with smart hints, then let spaced repetition make it stick.
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Anderssen — Kieseritzky
ExploreAll
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Immortal Games
12 games
♚
World Champions
20 games
The problem
You've seen the Immortal Game a dozen times.
Could you play it move for move?
Watching a game teaches you about it. It doesn't teach your hands the moves. The only thing that does is producing them yourself — and being brought back to the ones you miss.
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Watch a brilliancy once and you'll forget the key move by next week.
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Passive replay builds recognition, not recall — you still cannot find the move.
∞
Endless content, no retention loop. Nothing ever truly sticks.
Features
Everything you need to make a game yours
Not another engine or opening trainer. A focused loop: reconstruct, get nudged, and review — built around the games worth knowing by heart.
Reconstruct from memory
The board's set. Play the game the master played.
Pick a legendary game and rebuild it move by move. Tabia scores your recall and never lets a wrong move advance the position — you find the real move, or you don't move on.
- Real cburnett pieces on green felt
- Every move validated by chess.js
- Your progress saved on-device
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Hints that meet you where you are
Stuck? A glow, then the candidates, then the move.
A four-step hint ladder gives you exactly as much help as you need — a piece glow, candidate squares, an arrow, then the move itself. Lean on hints and your recall score reflects it.
- Four escalating hint levels
- Score reflects how much help you took
- Learn the idea, not just the answer
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Spaced repetition
The moves you miss come back — right before you'd forget.
Every move you study becomes a card scheduled by a modern spaced-repetition engine. Tabia resurfaces the shaky ones at the perfect moment, one clean card at a time.
- FSRS scheduling under the hood
- One card at a time, no overwhelm
- “How did we get here?” replays the run-up
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MORPHY — BRUNSWICK · MOVE 10
What did White play?
See your mastery grow
Streaks, retention, and mastery by player.
Watch your recall climb game by game and player by player. A daily streak keeps you honest; the numbers show the study is actually sticking.
- 30-day review history
- Mastery tracked per player
- Daily streak to build the habit
Stats
Day streak
🔥18
Completed
37
Reviews · last 30 days
Mastery by player
Paul Morphy 82%
Bobby Fischer 64%
Garry Kasparov 41%
How it works
Three steps to knowing a game by heart
01
Pick a legend
Choose from a curated hall of the greatest games ever played — the Immortal Game, the Opera Game, the Game of the Century, and more.
02
Reconstruct from memory
Play the game move by move. When you get stuck, the hint ladder nudges you forward — a glow, the candidate squares, then the move.
03
Review until it's yours
Every move becomes a spaced-repetition card. Tabia brings the shaky ones back at exactly the right time, until the whole game is second nature.
Available everywhere
Your board, in your pocket — online or off.
- iOS & Android A real native app on both platforms — not a wrapped web page.
- Offline-first The full library lives on your device. Study on a plane, no signal needed.
- Private by default Your progress stays on your phone. No account required to start.
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Pricing
Simple pricing. Start free.
Try the reconstruction loop for free. Upgrade when you want the whole library and review.
Free
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$0 Forever free
Get Tabia free - A starter set of legendary games
- Reconstruct from memory + full hint ladder
- On-device progress & streak
- iOS & Android
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The whole library, always fresh
$4.99 per month
Start Pro - The full curated game library
- Spaced-repetition review across every game
- Advanced stats & mastery tracking
- Board themes & piece sets
- New game packs as they land
Lifetime
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- No subscription, ever
- All future game packs included
- Early access to new features
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Tabia free?
Yes — you can start reconstructing games for free, no account required. Pro unlocks the full curated library, spaced-repetition review across every game, advanced stats, and board themes.
Do I need an account?
No. Tabia is offline-first and your progress lives on your device, so you can jump straight in. An optional account (for syncing across devices) comes later.
Does it work offline?
Completely. The game library and your progress are stored on your phone, so you can study on a plane or the subway with no connection.
Which games are included?
A hand-picked hall of the greatest games in history — the Immortal Game, the Opera Game, the Game of the Century, world-championship classics, and more, with new packs added over time.
Is this for beginners or advanced players?
Both. The four-step hint ladder scales help to your level: beginners lean on candidate squares and arrows, stronger players challenge themselves with no hints at all.
How is this different from Chess.com, Lichess, or Chessbook?
Those are for playing and opening prep. Tabia is a study method: active recall of complete master games, reinforced by spaced repetition. It's about knowing the classics by heart, not climbing a ladder.
Can I request a game or player?
Absolutely — email us and tell us which game you want to learn. Reader requests shape the packs we build next.
The best games in history are waiting.
We're listening
Have feedback, a bug, or a game you'd love us to add?
Tabia is built by a small team who love the game. Tell us what you want to learn next — reader requests shape what we build.