The Robot Who Never Believed in You Is Ready to Train You

Hi everyone,

If you've been following us for a while, you already know BOT.VINNIK. Maybe you trained with him in the Early USSR Championships. Maybe you survived Legendary Queens. Maybe you just know him as the robot who has never, not once, been impressed with a human player.

Well. He's back. And this time it's different.

What we've been building.

We started the BOT.VINNIK series back in 2020 with a simple idea: chess study shouldn't feel like homework. The puzzle format worked and we kept building. Nine games later, we think we've learned enough to do something we couldn't do at the start.

BOT.VINNIK Chess Masters Academy is our most ambitious project yet. It's not another standalone puzzle pack. It's a full game, with a proper progression system, a structured curriculum that takes you from your first move to advanced tactics, and a version of BOT.VINNIK that has more to say than ever before. Laika is here too, if you ever need a break from the sarcasm.

The demo has been out for a while and the response has been genuinely encouraging. People keep quoting BOT.VINNIK back at us, which feels right. The full game is coming soon, and we're getting close.

If you haven't tried the demo yet, it's free and available right now on the store page. BOT.VINNIK is in there, waiting, with his usual level of patience (very low).

We'll be posting more updates here as we get closer to launch. It's good to be talking to you again.

— Eduardo & Rodrigo, Deep Green Games