Veterans Day Scheduling Note

Our Wednesday league will run as usual on November 11th! Students are more than welcome to play from home using their team’s usual login link.

If you need to know your team’s link, let Coach Lucas know at [email protected] and he will be happy to assist you.

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 of 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 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!

New Rookly Quest Login Link

Many teams and players have asked about how they can practice and improve at chess. One great way is for students to play through Rookly Quest.

There’s now an even easier way for students to play Rookly Quest at school and at home!

Students can use their team’s Rookly Quest link to access Rookly Quest the same way their team accesses league matches.

School admins can find their team’s Rookly Quest link right on the home page of their admin dashboard:

League Players

Students who play in the league will see a very familiar login screen. They can enter their usernames (first name + last initial) the exact same away that they do when joining league matches:

New Students

Rookly Quest is available to all students at your school—not just your league players!

Students unsure of whether or not they have usernames already can select Try using my name instead:

From here they can look for an existing account:

If no account exists, students can create an account right here:

New students are taken straight to Rookly Quest:

If you’re not sure how to access your admin dashboard, please see the instructions below:

If you need any help getting your students set up to play Rookly Quest please reach out to Coach Lucas at [email protected] and he will be happy to help.

Rookly Quest

In case you haven’t seen it yet, Rookly Quest is our self-guided learning curriculum. Students brand new to chess can learn the ropes. More experienced students will quickly encounter meaningful material, fun puzzles, and exciting boss battles.

The world map is split up into six zones, with each zone building upon the one before it:

Each zone is split up into multiple quests:

In the Village, students start from the very basics—how each piece moves, starting with the rook:

As students progress through the world they are introduced to some core chess concepts. In the Forest, students learn all about check (among other things):

Once students have the fundamentals down, they can use what they’ve learned so far in real checkmating scenarios in the Castle:

They will also learn more about general chess strategy in the Mountains:

In the Marsh zone, students get to the fun stuff: tactics!

And it all comes together in the Depths, where students face off against Blundra, using everything they know in pursuit of victory.

Rookly Quest High Scores

Rankles Boss Battle

Many have tried. Some thought it couldn’t be done.

Ryan has surpassed a score of 180 on the first Rookly Quest boss battle against Rankles!

The Rankles battle gives you three minutes to capture as many cheeses as you can. Your piece randomizes after each capture, and rocks spawn randomly on the board—rendering the squares they land on unusable.

With a score of 180, Ryan’s average time spent per cheese capture is 0.98 seconds.

Try it out for yourself and see how you can do! You can play Quest right from your admin dashboard:

Corvus Boss Battle

Taking a look at the next boss battle against Corvus, we currently have a tie! Will anyone be able to reach a score of 12?

The Corvus boss battle pits the player against pawn storms of increasing size and difficulty:

See how many rounds you can clear before the time runs out!

Fall 2026 Season — Week #5 Standings (Top 3)

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