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Duolingo isn't just for languages anymore. Now,Farmer’s Wife: Handle with Care! Part 1: Angel Advent (2021) the app can teach you chess.

Duolingo is set to launch a new course to help folks learn chess in the coming weeks. Right now, the course is only available in beta form in iOS and will roll out to other iOS users in the next 4-6 weeks, the Verge reported. The course will use mini-games and puzzles to teach you the basics of chess and allow you to play matches against Duolingo’s Oscar character as you progress.

The goal from Duolingo was to "make chess as accessible as possible," the Verge noted.

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"[Chess is] one of those things that … any age group can learn … but then also something that takes the 10,000-hour theory to really master," Edwin Bodge, a senior product manager with Duolingo, told CNET. "We thought it would fit with the Duolingo medium really well."

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So if you ever had dreams of becoming a chess master, it might be time to download Duolingo.

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