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Sabina Sonning

Noctie - Practice chess with a genius owl

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A chess tutor in your pocket. Noctie mimics human play at any level – no more robot-like computers! Fun practice on your own terms: pick the opening you like, learn from instant feedback, get exercises from your mistakes. Your secret weapon to chess learning!

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Susanne Berglund
Love the coach and level system. Finally, I can actually learn and improve my game!
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@susanne_berglund thank you :) I quite quickly got a better grasp on some openings to start with. Let me know what works for you!
Mahir Karim
Noctie reignited my chess interests these last few months. The play-by-play analysis and insights when making moves makes it easier to actively understand how I can improve. Real time feedback works much better for me than just end of game feedback. Some of my favorite features are picking different openers for the bot to play for specialized training and replaying from a sspecific pot in a game where a mistake was made, salvaging the time spent getting to that spot and focusing on improving the core mistake. The UI is straightforward to use and aesthetically pleasing. Seeing "excellent move" feels rewarding and affirms improvement in play when trying different lines. Highly recommend checking Noctie out!
Samuel Sonning
Maker
@mahir_karim1 Thanks for the detailed and positive review, Mahir! Hope to keep seeing you in the app, let us know if there’s something missing
Josefina Sonnhammer
I love this app! I have been playing chess since a kid, and these days I am always playing against people who keep winning over me, and I did not know how to improve my playing. Noctie has made it so simple for me to get hands-on practice, and I have already seen great results! Kudos to the guys behind Noctie!
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@josefina_sonnhammer1 Thank you so much for your positive feedback. Check back in when you start to beat them. I’d love to hear your reflections on what made the difference!
Chandra Shekhar
Really good app. One recommendation. Colour coding helps in understanding the "type" of the move. But since this app is about "coaching", it would be great if you could "show" / "inform" players about the alternatives. Learning while playing, I believe helps retain the knowledge better.
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@csrameneni thank you for sharing your feedback. I love the idea of seeing and learning about alternatives as you play. We have just a light version of this hidden in the hint button. Did you try it? Either way I really appreciate you letting us know what would make it better and your expectations!
Chandra Shekhar
💡 Bright idea
@sabina_sonning, didn't notice it. Probably you could highlight it?
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@csrameneni yes, it's very obscured right now. Thank you for pointing it out! Please try the way it behaves and get back to me if you have more thoughts on how to best get the insights during play. Means a lot!
levene
Congratulations on the launch! Noctie
Samuel Sonning
Maker
@wong_levene Thanks so much!
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@wong_levene Thank you! Would love to hear your feedback. You can do a quick rating-test and feel the vibe (free, no account needed) here: https://noctie.ai/
buffpojken
Great way to learn and improve my chess with proper guidance. Gotta get that ELO.
Samuel Sonning
Maker
@buffpojken Let's race, first to 2500
Unn Swanström
I never properly learned chess. Felt embarrassing that I couldn't remember what all the pieces did. And anyone who wants to play is always way way better than me. Feels fun that I'll finally have a tutor that can meet me on my level.
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@unnderbar thank you for sharing! I even dared to play my first unofficial tournament a while ago after building some confidence in Noctie first. It was humbling, but not as scary as it would have been before... Happy to hear any feedback further along your learning journey :)
Angelina Fredriksson
I've already taken Noctie for a few spins, and now I'm keen to enhance my chess skills to outplay my 10-year-old son.
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@angelina_fredriksson see that's the kind of motivation I'm looking for! And so true. Beating fathers and sisters is starting to get less glow, now that the kids are the fastest growing player group :D Happy you gave us a try. Would be super interested to hear about your progress and any synergies you have with your child's chess development. Many parents I talk to are highly motivated to improve their game to be able to share their kids growth journey.
Jonas Hansbo
Have played chess since early 1970s. My first experience with a chess computer was when my brother bought one of the first commercially available, Fidelity's Chess Challenger. I must have played 1000s of games against it. Since then I have played a wide variety of chess engines, even including the legendary Deep Blue on ICC. Starting mid 90s the engines got so strong, it was not much point in playing them for a result anymore. I played to learn, but the way the engines were playing was not so instructive, it was more like playing an alien life form. What's really exciting about Noctie is that it is the first machine that actually feels human in its way to play. Compared to other engines which you set to play at some predefined level, it doesn't play random bad moves to simulate human play, it feels more consistent in its play. It makes it a much more interesting opponent. Well done team Noctie, I think you have something unique here!
Samuel Sonning
Maker
@jonas_hansbo I'm so happy to hear about your experience, and truly echo the sentiment about an alien life form. There's just something uncannily off about chess engines. Thanks for the positive words Jonas!
Kaspars Juhnevics
It took around 2 min for Noctie to win :D Looks really nice! I won't become the next Grandmaster but Live Insights looks like something which definitely can help to improve. Nice work!
Sabina Sonning
Maker
@kaspars_juhnevics1 cool that you tried and enjoyed it (in spite of the quick beating this round)! :) Would love to hear more if you continue practice.
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