Checkmate Academy

Checkmate Academy is your personal chess tutor: learn chess from absolute zero to confident player with structured, interactive lessons on a real board. LEARN AT YOUR PACE - 20 guided lessons across 5 levels, from how the pieces move to tactics - 63 interactive challenges that test each idea on the board - Each level opens when you finish the one before it SHARPEN YOUR TACTICS - Rated tactical puzzles to build pattern recognition, plus a Daily Puzzle on Home - A missed puzzle move becomes a short lesson: the puzzle's next move, highlighted, ready to practise - Opening drills for 20 popular openings: Watch the line move by move, then Drill it yourself - Endgame training with 10 essential positions PLAY & IMPROVE - Play the on-device engine at four difficulty levels, or against a bot with a chosen play style - Review every finished game move by move - Bot Arena: watch two master-inspired play styles take on the same position - Study famous master games move by move - Board Builder: set up any position by hand and analyse it TODAY'S PUZZLE, EVERYWHERE - Ask Siri "What's today's Checkmate Academy puzzle" for an interactive card with a Hint - A Today's Puzzle widget with your streak AI COACH WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE - Plain-language explanations of lesson, opening and game moves, written on device - The engine decides every move and every judgment; the coach only explains what it was given - Rate any explanation, or report one with exactly the conversation you choose to share Works offline. Fits iPhone in portrait and landscape, iPhone Duo, iPad and wide windows. No account. No ads. Just chess.