Chess King - Learn to Playios
Chess King · Jogos
Don't just play chess. Train like a master. Chess King teaches the game the way strong players are actually built — with a rigorous, structured curriculum, not a random feed of puzzles. 147 complete courses take you from your first move to advanced play, step by step. WHY CHESS KING IS DIFFERENT Most chess apps let you play. Chess King trains you. Every course is a real lesson built on classical training methods refined over 30 years — the same approach behind CT-ART, the tactics trainer used by serious players worldwide. You don't just solve a position and move on. Chess King gives you hints when you are stuck, explains the idea behind the right move, and shows you the striking refutation of the mistakes you might make. That is how understanding is built — not memorized. WHAT YOU GET - 147 structured courses covering tactics, strategy, openings, the middlegame, and endgames, organized by level from beginner to master. - Chess King University: 7 guided learning paths and 44 courses that give you a clear, ordered route to real improvement — no guessing what to study next. - Interactive theory: read the lesson, then play the moves on the board yourself. Learning by doing, not just reading. - Thousands of carefully selected exercises with graphic hints and full explanations. - Play against the computer to put what you have trained into practice. - A progress report for every lesson, so you always see how far you have come. TRAIN ON EVERY DEVICE Your subscription, purchases, progress, and rating sync automatically across web, iPhone, iPad, and Android. Train on your phone on the commute, continue on the web at home — your progress follows you. TRY IT FREE Preview courses before you commit. When you are ready, choose a monthly or yearly plan, or buy individual courses to keep forever. Chess King — train like a master. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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As of Jul 4, 2026stale (74d)
Rating 4.76
Ratings 2,463
Price Free
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Released Dec 19, 2017

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v5.9.0Jul 1, 2026
* Added App Introduction section to Home screen * Redesigned Home screen * Various fixes and improvements

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★★★★★positivecycledelic_brother · 2026-05-08 · v5.8.1
Beginner Chess Tactics
Phenomenal Chess App, digitizing and making puzzles from the Blokh and Ivashchenko available at your fingertips!!
★★★★★positiveirishmac473 · 2026-05-08 · v5.8.1
Great App & Customer Support
This app has some of the best tactical courses and puzzles out there. Can definitely find something for any level. Plus, the customer support is amazing. I reported a bug in the app that was causing it to crash. They promptly responded and pushed an update within 24 hours.
★★★★★negativefairuzfan · 2026-04-18 · v5.7.0
Beginner
This app does not help a total beginner.
★★★★negativeMentions pricingCngztheprestigious · 2026-02-24 · v5.6.0
Not for beginners
Don’t buy if you are a beginner, poorly made, no real instruction, designed to cost you hundreds of dollars over time. Skip it.
★★★★positivehyperzx · 2026-02-19 · v5.6.0
Good tutorials
I like the tutorials . Only thing not giving a 5 stars, is when you drag the pieces sometimes the whole screen drags like it’s going to go back a tutorial level. It’s really annoying bug
★★★★★positiveSGM2021 · 2026-01-26 · v5.5.0
Entertaining
Fun and passes time
★★★★negativeAvacal · 2026-01-25 · v5.5.0
Please fix the sliding board
I llove this app and use it often but the board now slides to the right whenever I try to move a piece and sends me back to the root menu. Did anyone test this? Please fix!
★★★★★positiveMentions pricingEndu68 · 2026-01-15 · v5.4.0
Real Chess Trainer
Have played Chess King for years. There are so many great versions of this game that allow you to practice opening moves, end games, and learn strategy and tactics. The few dollars spent are well worth it.
★★★★positiveikr its good · 2026-01-05 · v5.4.0
chessking
it is way too good btw ikr so its good isaid
★★★★positive59Golfman · 2026-01-05 · v5.4.0
❤️
I love learning chess on your app!
★★★★★positiveSosasky · 2025-12-05 · v5.4.0
This is the best game in the world
5000
★★★★★positiveDouie Louie · 2025-10-21 · v5.3.0
LouieDouie
Yes
★★★★★positivezombielord2022 · 2025-10-14 · v5.3.0
Been wanting to do this.
Fun and challenging.
★★★★★positivedrmed · 2025-08-19 · v5.1.0
Beautiful app!
Works well, syncs to your phone easily! There’s no excuse at not getting better at chess. This helps with tactics, strategy, endgames!
★★★★negativePerlaree · 2025-08-16 · v5.1.1
I can’t even learn to play this app
I can’t learn to play chess cause I can’t figure out how to use it
★★★★★positiveElijah logozar · 2025-03-29 · v4.8.1
Helpful review
Great selection
★★★★★positiveFix the time for the import · 2025-03-15 · v4.8.1
Amazing
Superb tutorials
★★★★positiveRaul Saavedra · 2025-03-06 · v4.8.1
Excellent content and app
The app works great on my iPad, and I love the wealth of content for tactics, openings, and strategy. My only suggestion would be an option to turn off slow enemy animations, as they can feel tedious on longer puzzles. If this gets added, I’d be happy to update my review to 5 stars!
★★★★★neutralOverlooked559 · 2025-02-24 · v4.8.1
Cannot reset progress?
I like to use these apps from time to time, however I cannot find a way to reset a course. I completed half of ct art years ago and would like to restart fresh but can find no function to do so. This is a standard Chessable feature for example
★★★★★negativeMonsieurVivi · 2025-02-11 · v4.8.0
Adds when playing paid sections
As per title
★★★★positiveMentions pricingdave x1 · 2025-02-06 · v4.8.0
App is great. Support not so much.
Loved chess king until it stopped acknowledging my subscription when it updated feb 4th. Content that I was using is locked. I have contacted support twice in two days but have not received a response. What’s up? Ends up you must restore purchase the apple. App is great again.
★★★★★negativeKajiswatermelon · 2025-01-23 · v4.7.0
The enemy moves are super slow
Even with piece animation on 4x speed the animations are very slow. This wastes a lot of time. There are also puzzles where winning moves are marked incorrect.
★★★★★neutralMentions pricingMaureen2025 · 2024-12-18 · v4.6.0
It’s me, not you
I’ve only just purchased this app a couple of days ago and I would say, for a person that’s only semi savvy on the computer, this app is not necessarily user friendly. I paid the $12.99 so I was surprised how busy the interface was and the use of the voice for the videos. It took me a few times to figure out where to even start. I say all this because I hope things can either be fixed or maybe, it’s just like the developers want it to be, in which case, I’ll move on to a more beginner friendly app. This app may be for the more advanced. That’s okay too. I did figure out how to slow down the computer voice so I could at least keep up with the info. My suggestion is that the interface should be broken down into digestible courses. As a beginner, I don’t even know the pieces or how they move. I don’t even want to discuss theory, as exciting as that sounds! Please take this review with the humility it was submitted. Thank you.
★★★★★positiveMentions pricinggalt67 · 2024-11-29 · v4.5.1
Deceptively excellent!
This is not the flashiest chess app but, for me, it’s the best! I’ve used chess.com, Magnus, Chessable, etc, and this one is the best. The learning techniques and puzzles are thoughtful and skill appropriate. Very happy with my purchase!
★★★★★neutralChessKing review · 2024-11-25 · v4.5.0
Hard to use
The user interface is harder than trying to learn chess