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It would be great if undo would make the piece appear at the spot I dropped it from. So I can correct mistakes by "undo", "left", "drop".

But what I am really looking for in Tetris is the game to train me. After observing me play for a few minutes it tells me: _"Hey, I notice you always deal with L pieces horizontally. Proffesional players usually prefer to X so they can achieve Y"_

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Tetris the Grand Master 4 (that has been released recently on Steam) has a training mode that suggest to you where to place you pieces. You can even select different goal for the CPU (survival, make as much Tetris as possible, make as much T-spin as possible, ...). Of course when it gets fast your brain cannot process the suggest and it's kinda useless, but it's a good first step. Also the fundamentals of Tetris are simple to recite: maximize your piece placement possibilities / minimize your piece dependencies, avoid overstacking over holes, be mindful of your piece mobility; this can boils down to "play flat but not too much".

AI Tetris?

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