Jun 10

Duolingo Team

Our new Chess course will have you thinking five moves ahead

That’s right… we just added Chess! Start from square one with Oscar as your coach.

Oscar and Duo locked in a game of chess, Duo is scared as Oscar looms.

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Our new Chess course will have you thinking five moves ahead

That’s right… we just added Chess! Start from square one with Oscar as your coach.

Oscar and Duo locked in a game of chess, Duo is scared as Oscar looms.

Illustration of Duo the owl and Oscar playing chess. Oscar is sweating and has a shocked expression.

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