Never learned to play chess and don't know where to start? Duolingo, the gamified education app most famous for its language learning lessons, is adding chess lessons to the iPhone application later this month. You can learn how each piece moves before eventually moving on to tactics, all in the familiar Duolingo user interface.

Duolingo is testing out chess lessons on the app; they’re rolling out a limited beta that began Tuesday and will go wider “soon.” A Duolingo spokesperson said it’s the first new course subject to be added since it added math and music in 2023.

Popular language learning app Duolingo is giving its bite-size lesson treatment to one of the oldest games in the world: chess. Duolingo’s chess course will take users, who can range from complete novices to those with a solid understanding of how to play,