Tactical improvement for everyone
Peck is the free Woodpecker Method chess training app. We built it to help players organise repeated puzzle practice, review mistakes, and track their own progress without a subscription.
About Peck and its sources
Peck is an independent browser app for Woodpecker Method training. It uses positions from the Lichess open puzzle database, filtered by rating and tactical theme. It does not include the puzzle collection from the Woodpecker Method book.
Our guides explain the training workflow and offer starting points to adapt to your own schedule. They are published by Peck; they do not represent a clinical study or a promise of rating improvement. We link to original sources for the method and distinguish examples from measured results.
For help or a correction to a guide, email support@peckchess.com. See what is included for free and how account data is handled.
Core values
Built on principles.
Focus on what works
Practise a fixed set, review mistakes, and compare your results. We focus on making deliberate repetition easy to maintain.
Accessible to everyone
Chess improvement shouldn't cost money. We keep Peck free so players at any level can train with the same tools.
Simple and effective
Create a set, solve in cycles, track progress. No clutter. We remove friction so you spend time on puzzles, not on the app.
The complete arsenal.
- Woodpecker Method cycles with automatic tracking
- Puzzles from the open Lichess database
- Progress analytics: cycle times, accuracy, problem puzzles
- Streaks, achievements, and global leaderboards
- Personalized puzzle sets by size and difficulty