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PageForge Chess

Make your own chess study pages. Set up a position on the board, write the idea in your own words, and save it to your study book — start from a worked example and remix it. Building and explaining a page is how it sticks. On-device; nothing leaves this device; no account. Ages 9–14.

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In planning Swift 6 · SwiftUI · FoundationModels Chess — set up and explain tactical positions (fork, pin, skewer, back-rank, hanging piece) Study skills / metacognition — learning by teaching (the protégé effect), self-explanation, worked-example remixing Hero color: #2f6690
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Distributed-narrative cast

Meet the cast

PageForge's authoring crew (ages 9–14) each embody one make-your-own-study-page rule — the crew IS the method: set up the position that makes the point, mark the key square, write the idea in your own words, remix a worked example, and bind your pages into a book. Mentor Editor keeps the studio: making a study page teaches you twice — once when you build it, once when you explain it — and a page is never wrong, only clearer. (Illustrated portraits + chapters are a tracked follow-on — R-WEB-CLONE-SPAWN-TRACKED.)

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Setter

Set up the position — place only the pieces that make the point, so the idea is clear

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Marker

Mark the key square or line so the idea is unmistakable (signalling the diagram)

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Caption

Write the idea in your own words — explaining it is what makes it stick (the protégé effect)

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Remix

Start from a worked example and change one thing to make it your own

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Binder

Bind your finished pages into your own study book to read again later

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Editor

(Mentor) — building a page teaches you twice; a page is never wrong, only clearer

What's distributed-narrative methodology? →

What's inside

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Learning goal

Make your own chess study pages. Set up a position on the board, write the idea in your own words, and save it to your study book — start from a worked example and remix it. Building and explaining a page is how it sticks. On-device; nothing leaves this device; no account. Ages 9–14.

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Question kits

16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.

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On-device AI mentor

FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.

Mentored by Editor — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.

How PageForge Chess handles your kid's data

  • ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
  • ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
  • ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
  • ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
  • ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in

Full parent privacy guide →

Built with ForgeKit

PageForge Chess runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.

Coming to the App Store

PageForge Chess is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.

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