Made by friends who’ve played chess together since they were six.

Matt and Amir met over a chessboard when they were six. Chess kept them together through COVID and college. Rookly started as an extension of that: chess online, for every school. Quest takes it further, teaching chess to any kid, and there’s more on the way.

We believe chess teaches focus, resilience and creativity, and every kid deserves a shot at it.

Matt and Amir at Horace Mann, age six — ThenSmiling, playing chess

Cartoon of Matt and Amir on the Horace Mann chess team — NowSmiling, in the game

So what’s your kid actually doing in there?

At home, Quest. At school, the League. Both are chess.

For parents

Chess for your school: a club, a class, or both.

Grades K–12. The League gives your club weekly matches against peer schools. Quest gives your class a story-driven way to learn chess, in any browser.

For educators

The people behind the board

Co-founder & CEO

Amir Moazami

Former national chess champion with decades-long connections in the chess world, bringing together Grandmasters, chess streamers, and top coaches. Cornell grad.

Co-founder & CTO

Matt Zeitlin

Former national chess champion turned software engineer, with longtime experience building large-scale codebases. Ex-maintainer of pandas, one of the most widely used open-source data libraries. Computer science at Caltech.

Grandmaster · Rookly advisor