Welcome to the Rookly Fall 2026 Season newsletter! This is where we share a weekly update on league standings, highlight some great moments from each our leagues’ games, learn a thing or two from our coaches, and of course, share any news about Rookly.

First let’s look at the standings after Week #2 of the Fall 2026 Season. You can click on the title of a league to view the full standings for that league. The standings pages are public, so please feel free to share with parents, friends, or whoever you think might be interested!

Without any further ado, let’s get to it!

Fall 2026 Season — Week #2 Standings (Top 3)

Game of the Week

The Game of the Week this week goes to Odbayar Y from WIISER (White) and Garret G from St. Mary’s (Black) for this incredibly entertaining and competitive game that features the coolest move seen so far this season.

We join this game at move 34 with White to move. Can you spot the best move for White in this position?

Did you spot d7? Do you see where this is going?

Black tries g4+, but this only delays the inevitable.

White advances the king to f4 to get out of check.

Black captures White’s rook on c6, which is the best move available.

Here’s where the fun begins. Can you now see the best follow up for White?

White underpromotes to a knight, landing a fork on Black’s king and rook!

Black has no option but to give up the rook on c6.

There’s nothing for Black to do now but watch as White begins to gobble up all of Black’s remaining pieces.

Congrats to both players on an amazing game through and through! Move 22 was another particularly interesting moment that I encourage you to take a look at and analyze. You can check out the full game below.

Rookly Quest High Scores

We hope you and your students have been enjoying Rookly Quest. We now have leaderboards for boss battles!

You can access leaderboards by navigating to the High Scores tab of your admin dashboard. From here you can check the high scores from your team and from students across all of our leagues.

Congratulations to Connor from OFL for holding the current high score for the first Rookly Quest boss battle against Rankles!

The Rankles boss battle requires the player to capture as many cheeses as they can within three minutes. Their piece randomly changes after each capture, and rocks spawn on the board rendering certain squares unusable.

You can even see how you stack up against other school admins from Rookly schools across the country! Congrats to Tony for holding the top spot…for now!

How to play Rookly Quest

Rookly Quest is available to all students at your school, not just your chess team. It’s a great way for anyone who is interested in chess to learn the ropes.

Please see the following instructions on how students can sign up for/log into their accounts on Rookly.com so they can begin playing Rookly Quest:

Your school code is accessible on the Home tab of your admin dashboard:

Please see the below instructions on how to log into your admin account on Rookly.com. From here you can do many useful things, such as managing your team’s roster, viewing all of your team’s games, and checking on your students’ Rookly Quest progress. Let us know if you have any questions on how to navigate your dashboard!

If there’s anything that you need help with please feel free to get in touch with Coach Lucas at lucas@​rookly​.com.