Chess King - Learn to Play
October 06, 2025
More About Chess King - Learn to Play
The program acts as a coach who gives tasks and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make.
Some courses contain a theoretical section, which explains the methods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based on actual examples. The theory is presented in an interactive way, which means you can not only read the text of the lessons, but also to make moves on the board and work out unclear moves on the board.
App features:
β 100+ courses in one app. Choose the most suitable one!
β Chess learning. Hints are shown in case of errors
β High quality puzzles, all double-checked for correctness
β You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher
β Refutations are played for typical mistaken moves
β Computer analysis is available for any position
β Interactive theoretical lessons
β Chess tasks for kids
β Chess analysis & opening tree
β Choose your board theme and 2D chess pieces
β ELO rating history is saved
β Test mode with flexible settings
β Bookmarks for favorite exercises
β Tablets support
β Full offline support
β Chess King account linking is available for simultaneous learning from any device on Android, iOS, macOS and Web
Each course includes a free part, in which you can test the program and exercises. Lessons offered in the free version are fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before purchasing a full version. Each course should be bought separately, but you can buy a subscription which gives you an access to all courses for a limited time.
You can study the following courses in the app:
β Learn Chess: From Beginner to Club Player
β Chess Strategy & Tactics
β Chess Tactics Art (1400-1800 ELO)
β Bobby Fischer
β Manual of Chess Combinations
β Chess Tactics for Beginners
β Advanced Defense (Chess Puzzles)
β Chess Strategy (1800-2400)
β Total Chess Endgames (1600-2400 ELO)
β CT-ART. Chess Mate Theory
β Chess Middlegame
β CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics 1200-2400 ELO)
β Mate in 1, 2, 3-4
β Elementary Chess Tactics
β Chess Opening Blunders
β Chess Endings for Beginners
β Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
β Chess Endgame Studies
β Capturing Pieces
β Sergey Karjakin - Elite Chess Player
β Chess Tactics in Sicilian Defense
β Chess Tactics in French Defense
β Chess Tactics in Caro-Kann Defense
β Chess Tactics in GrΓΌnfeld Defense
β Chess School for Beginners
β Chess Tactics in Scandinavian Defense
β Mikhail Tal
β Simple Defense
β Magnus Carlsen - Chess Champion
β Chess Tactics in King's Indian Defense
β Chess Tactics in Open Games
β Chess Tactics in Slav Defense
β Chess Tactics in Volga Gambit
β Garry Kasparov
β Viswanathan Anand
β Vladimir Kramnik
β Alexander Alekhine
β Mikhail Botvinnik
β Emanuel Lasker
β Jose Raul Capablanca
β Encyclopedia Chess Combinations Informant
β Wilhelm Steinitz
β Universal Chess Opening: 1. d4 2. Nf3 3. e3
β Manual of Chess Strategy
β Chess: A Positional Opening Repertoire
β Chess: An Aggressive Opening Repertoire
Latest Version
5.3.0
October 06, 2025
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User Reviews
James
4 years ago
The best chess training program I've used and the only one I've completed and started another playthrough of. Even though the beginner puzzles are very easy, I couldn't solve the more advanced ones even on my best day. Having every move right or wrong explained at each step improved my ability to see simple game-winning moves and patterns that I was previously blind to. Highly recommended to players of any skill level beginner through advanced, or even if you've never played and want to learn.
Zen Balancer (Gaia's)
4 years ago
Awesome quality! And various tactics and strategies. I can take over playing the game or start engine driven analysis anywhere I want! In the practice exercises as well as the theory sections! I can even setup the board any way I want! The entire UX does need getting used to, but it was so worth it to me. Lifetime/forever/π― years subscription available on the website which includes all (future) courses on all platforms! I got it with 20% December discount! Happy customer since 2019!
A Google user
5 years ago
Good app that uses repetition of positions and problems to really consolidate the ideas in the memory. I try to do about 50 exercises a day and now have found similar positions in games I play. I'm not liking the American accented voice in the animations. It goes too fast for me. I've tried changing it in the app settings but no Joy so far.
the shadow
5 months ago
I love these apps , their the best courses I've used so far. I was as wondering in analysis mode ,if you could make it where you can share it,for deeper analysis?
Jeff Wiebe
2 years ago
The scenarios are fine, but without explanations, they're kind of useless. After going through a scenario, I can see what the right moves were in that specific instance, but I still don't understand what I need to be looking for outside of that instance. Something like "when the opponent's queen is in such a position, try to position your queen like so" or "look for opportunities to do this, which forces your opponent to do something else" would be very helpful.
Gary Ong
1 month ago
Great chess app as it teaches tactics really well feels better than chessable.
Konstantinos R. Sidiropulos
4 months ago
Wide variety of courses and exercises available on the same time on the PC and on the mobile (offline also on the mobile). I purchased the complete package and I totaly recommend it.
A Google user
6 years ago
Good courses for everyone. However, there are some obstacles either with syncronization or with the advertisement. There are some things I have to pay twice (eg transferring from Android to Ultimate). Some (non-complete) guides are only on the internet page of the Chess King. As all courses are in this app together now, it would also be comfortable to have something like the list "My Courses" or "My Favorite Courses" in this app.
Okeyo Kefentse
1 year ago
Great app for learning chess. Please add an option to flip board in all modes. Sometimes I would like to view the position from the opponent's side in order to get a different perspective of the position. Pre-move would also be nice especially when practicing a simple line in K+P vs K when there are no branches and all king moves are straight forward all the way until the pawn promotes.
Kons Argy
1 year ago
Very good app for chess training with amazing puzzles. Very convenient that can be used offline as well. I give 4 stars because I think there is much improvement that can be done without much effort from the developers , for example i would like to see better statistics to easier identify my weaknesses and track my progress. Amazing app in general.
A Google user
5 years ago
Good app, but it would be even better if Android version did not "steal" space at the left and right side of the board (contrary to iPhone version, which uses all width of the screen). My phone is Xiaomi mi max 2, it is wide, but no matter of that you do not use all the width - putting buttons at the left and right side (which could be put below the board), therefore the board is small.
Mayday_Watson MR
2 months ago
Great app for puzzles, there's nearly innumerable positions and various themes- and the tactics yearly subscription is a good value. I haven't used it for studying openings or playing games, although it can also be used that way.
Baaligh Rajeel
3 months ago
Wow. I've been using the app for like 6 months and Wow. I've never experienced a chess app better than this one for studying anything in chess, Endgames, middlesgames, tactics and strategies all in one app. it's very amazing and user friendly, if your not rich and can't buy the premium version you still can learn alot for free. Thank you sooo much developers for such a wonderful app. now I'm heading to 1500 elo after 7 months of playing because I study alot in this app, including sacrifices.
Mr int
2 weeks ago
Great app, but not optimized for foldable screens (Samsung Z Fold 7). Please optimize.
Bertie Wendrup
2 months ago
Very well structured so easy to find your natural difficulty level and practise there or slightly higher. Also useful to directly access the engine to check out variations continuing from the test position. CT-Art 20 also contains several modules for practising your defending- a much needed but fairly rare exercise material.
A Google user
1 year ago
It's pretty awesome. I think most people using it could substantially improve their play. I think most would hit a wall in thier improvement without a chess coach though. But if used with a human coach, the modules go up to grandmaster level problems. The lowest level modules target rank beginners. There are modules $$ for every possible skill level.
A Google user
6 years ago
I am working my way through the the sections and really enjoying the app. Two issues: First, the User Interface takes a bit to figure out. It took me until half way through section 1 to figure out what all the arrows do. Maybe add a quick tutorial to explain the UI. Second issue; Section 2 (The Simplest Endings) seems out of sequence. 2.2 discusses the 3 phases of the game. 2.1 explains some of the endings. This seems out of order. Paid for full so hoping it is a minor oversight.
Michael Vernosky
2 years ago
A very good chess app for learning the game and playing against the engine. The amount of courses available is impressive. Anyone can find a course or courses to improve their game. I recommend it highly. Puzzles reinforce the lessons being highlighted. Check it out. I did not upgrade to the paid version; but there is much available free content. The upgrade cost is quite reasonable if one would like it.
Nicholas Conrad
3 years ago
The app is divided between theory (reading) and practice (solving board positions) but they're separate. It's not always clear what the relationship is. One puzzle in practice asks me to "find the best continuance". That term has not been explained. There's no link to the 'theory' section that is relevant to this exercise, or even a glossary. If you make a wrong move, arrows and shapes of many colors appear, but aren't explained. I find the teaching style confusing and largely unhelpful.
Nick Shafer
4 years ago
Awesome app for learning all things chess! Even got the yearly sub, no regrets! The app has a bug or two, but nothing big. The only thing I have a hard time with is the order the automation goes through the lines. I know it's just reading the theory section, but it goes through all the "or, and, but not" lines before showing you the actual main line. I know it would mean having to create separate automation and theory annotations for each lesson, but it would be so much easier to follow IMHO!!!
