Scout
Know your opponent before the first move.
Type any chess.com username. Scout reads their public games and shows what they open with, how their games go, and where they lose points, so you walk into the game prepared.
How it works
01
Type their username
Any chess.com player with public games.
02
Read the report
Openings, results, habits and the lines that work against them.
03
Practise against them
Twin Bot plays the openings they play, at their level.
What a scouting report shows
Their openings
What they play with White and with Black, how often, and how it goes for them.
Results and form
Recent results, ratings and how they play after a loss.
Clock habits
Whether they get into time trouble and how their games end.
Rivals and head-to-head
Who they play most and how those games went.
Twin Bot
A bot that opens like them, so you can rehearse the first moves.
Pro: weak spots
With Pro: endgames, the lines where they lose points, their worst hours and days, PGN export and Study mode.
Scout an opponent
Free, no card. Type your chess.com username to see your games.
Questions
- Can I scout anyone?
- Any chess.com player whose games are public. Scout only reads games chess.com publishes.
- Is Scout free?
- The report and Twin Bot are free with an account. Endgames, weak spots, worst hours and days, PGN export and Study mode come with Pro ($4.99 a month).
- Does the player know I scouted them?
- No. Scout reads public game archives; nothing is sent to the player.