ChessPivot review: scores and evidence

A1 :3Importing your games (Chess.com, Lichess, PGN files)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/analyser-parties-club: Chess.com, Lichess, “drop a .pgn file”, Lichess study, up to 1,000 over-the-board games.

A2 :3Automatic engine analysis of every game

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres” section): “Stockfish 18, depth 15 on every move of every imported game, depth 25 on demand”, “no limit”, “no cap on the number of games analysed with Plus”

A3 :3Recurring mistakes identified across all your games

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “named, counted across all of your games, then ranked by frequency and by engine-measured cost”

A4 :3Types of mistakes covered (tactics, strategy, endgame, time…)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “31 error patterns, sorted into 6 axes” — tactics, king, opening, strategy, endgame, time; the patterns are listed at https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/faiblesses

A5 :3Written explanation of each mistake

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/analyse: “why it was a mistake, what the best move was and the line that should have followed”, “the threat that was missed”.

A6 :3Stated verification of the diagnoses (procedure, rates)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “121 positions checked by hand, 21 trap cases replayed at every release”, “zero false positives required”, “67 of the 121 flaws kept” (both the procedure and the rate are published)

A7 :3Tracking each weakness over time

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “every weakness tracked at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months, with its trend”

A8 :3Comparison with players of the same rating

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres” section): “each weakness shows the share of games affected among players in your rating band (Observatory: 248 players, five bands from 400 to 2399) and says whether you are above, at or below average”

B1 :2Building a personal repertoire

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/importer-un-repertoire: PGN, ChessBase and Lichess study import with variations (free-form building); no move suggestions based on the player’s own games or rating observed (“leaks measured on your games” belongs to C3).

B2 :2Training the repertoire (drills, games)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/tarifs: “Practise + Review”; /fr/ouvertures: spaced repetition; no full game against the repertoire mentioned.

B3 :2Spotting where you left your repertoire in your games

https://www.chesspivot.com/en/methodology: leaks measured on the player’s games; /fr/pour-les-entraineurs: weak lines identified; turning them into exercises is not spelled out.

B4 :2Verification of the lines taught (engine, practice)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/ouvertures/gambit-dame: “Continuation checked by the engine”, popularity shares; no threshold and no protocol published.

B5 :2Opening explorer and statistics

https://www.chesspivot.com/en/openings/queens-gambit: results by rating band, master games “reviewed at depth 25”; the database is not named; the Explorer is capped at 3 searches a month (/fr/tarifs).

B6 :3Explanation of opening plans and ideas

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/ouvertures/gambit-dame: plans, traps (“Elephant”), model games, an interactive board and diagrams.

C1 :3Exercises drawn from your own games

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/faiblesses/fourchette-manquee: exercises per pattern with “Solved / Missed” counters; /fr/exercices: “taken from your own games”.

C2 :3Bank of tactical exercises (size, themes, rating)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “more than 110,000 engine-verified exercises”, an adaptive difficulty rating (target ≈ 80%), and “good / dubious” votes that are reviewed

C3 :2Endgame training

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices: “Endgames to know” (Lucena, Philidor), verified pawn endgames, “Convert against an AI”; no tablebases.

C4 :2Strategic and positional training

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices: Strategy covers “Good move or bad move?”, “Trade or not?” and “Convert the advantage”; no themes for structures, plans or pieces.

C5 :3Training defense and alertness

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices: 6 defence modes (vigilance, undefended pieces, threat, does this move allow, king safety, rush); /fr/methodologie: “difficulty calibrated to your ELO”.

C6 :2Training calculation and visualization

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices: “Calculation” and “Blindfold”; no multi-level programme described.

C7 :3Difficulty matched to your real level

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “the difficulty served adjusts to aim for roughly 80% success per exercise family”

C8 :2Spaced repetition (named algorithm)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie: “spaced repetition (FSRS algorithm)” on the openings; review due dates are not publicly visible.

C9 :3Personalized training plan

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/plan: “Your training, tailored to the time you want to spend on it”; /fr/le-cycle: the worst weakness comes first.

D1 :2What the free plan actually lets you do

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/tarifs: unlimited analyses, 20 games tracked, 3 exercises per axis plus 3 per type per day, 3 searches a month.

D2 :2Annual price of the full plan

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/tarifs: “€64.99/year (−40%)”, €9.00/month.

D3 :2Commercial transparency (price shown, trial, cancellation)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/tarifs: price shown up front, 30-day trial (openings), “cancel at any time from your account”; /fr/cgu: automatic renewal.

D4 :3Number of paid tiers (how simple the offer is)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/tarifs: a Free plan and a single paid tier, “ChessPivot Plus”, at €9/month or €64.99/year; no one-off purchases.

E1 :0Published evidence of effectiveness

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie: outside studies cited (Wilson 2019 and others), no data on how well the service itself works.

E2 :2Chess verification of the content (positions, lines)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie: “solution verified — by the engine, by a strict geometric detector”; the thresholds are not published.

E3 :2Transparency of the method (algorithms, code)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie: Stockfish 18, FSRS, the 85% target and SEE are named; no public code.

E4 :3Marketing claims that can be checked (no overselling)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/a-propos: “we make no promises about rating points”; /fr/methodologie: deliberate practice accounts for about 26% of the variance.

F1 :2Courses organized by rating level

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/apprendre: a Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced → Expert path; no rating bands up to 2000.

F2 :1Course authors named and titled

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/a-propos: the creator is Mathieu Morio, an engineer with no chess title; articles are signed “ChessPivot” (/fr/blog).

F3 :2Content formats (text, video, interactive)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/apprendre: written lessons plus interactive exercises; no video.

F4 :2Published method of progression

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/apprendre: a path by level; /fr/methodologie: a sourced method; the curriculum is not explicitly matched to the diagnosis.

F5 :2How often the content is updated

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/blog: posts dated 22 August 2026 and 13 June 2026 (published in batches); no documented monthly cadence.

G1 :0Playing humans online (pool, anti-cheating)

No play against humans anywhere on https://www.chesspivot.com/fr (nav: Mon plan, Exercices, Ouvertures, Adversaires).

G2 :1Realistic artificial opponents

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices: “Convert the advantage … against an AI that fights back”; level and playing personality not documented.

G3 :2Replaying one specific position against the machine

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices: “Replay winning positions” from your own games against an AI; no opponent calibration mentioned.

G4 :0Tournaments and organized competition

No tournament on https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/exercices (the weekly Rush is timed puzzles, not a tournament).

H1 :1Platforms available (web, iOS, Android, desktop)

Web only; no app mentioned on https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/a-propos or /fr/scanner-feuille-de-match (“your phone” means the web app).

H2 :0User ratings and reviews (stores, press)

No store listing and no third-party reviews visible; no testimonials on https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/a-propos.

H3 :1Interface languages available

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr and /en: an FR/EN switcher (2 languages), with the content translated in both

H4 :2Accessibility (keyboard, screen reader)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres” section): “AA contrast checked, keyboard navigation, animations that can be switched off”, visible focus, dialogs closed with Escape, live regions announced; stated limit: no full screen-reader audit

H5 :1Offline use and known incidents

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/analyse: the engine runs in the browser, but an account and the server are required; no status page; no incident reported.

I1 :3Preparing for a named opponent

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres — ce que vous pouvez vérifier” section): “repertoire by colour, exploitable weaknesses, preparation lines you can add to your repertoire”; https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/adversaires

I2 :1Annotating and sharing games (studies)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/pour-les-entraineurs: the coach comments on games, exercises and openings; neither variations nor link sharing observed.

I3 :3Entering a game played at a club (photo, scoresheet)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/analyser-parties-club: “Photograph it [the scoresheet]: we turn it into PGN”.

I4 :3Searching your games (filters, position)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/explorer-parties: “Search your games by pattern […] in plain language or with one-click patterns”.

J1 :0Access to human coaches

No access to human coaches on https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/pour-les-entraineurs (it is a tool for coaches who already have students).

J2 :0Size and activity of the community

No forum, no Discord and no member count on https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/a-propos or /fr.

J3 :3Tools for trainers, clubs and schools

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/pour-les-entraineurs: an “automatic diagnosis” per student, plus homework; /fr/clubs-d-echecs: groups and club-level indicators.

J4 :2Engagement mechanics (streaks, virtual currency, reminders)

https://www.chesspivot.com/en/exercises: the weekly Rush lets you “compare your score with friends”; no paid mechanic; switching it off is not mentioned.

K1 :2Exporting your data (games, repertoire)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/methodologie (“En chiffres” section): “games and repertoire exportable to PGN in one click” (My games, repertoire); other data on request

K2 :2Protection of personal data (GDPR, hosting)

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/confidentialite: GDPR, no advertising cookies; /fr/mentions-legales: data held by Neon in Germany but the site is hosted by Vercel Inc. in the United States.

K3 :1Public API and source code

https://www.chesspivot.com/fr/importer-un-repertoire: PGN import only; no API and no repository on /fr/a-propos.