# Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 — Chess Training

> Chess training app with over 1500 tactical exercises for beginners. (iPhone/iPad app by CHESSQUEEN INC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-capturing-pieces-2/id1181402600 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [CHESSQUEEN INC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1096660597)
- Category: Games, Education, Board, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 10 App Store ratings · 3 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 42 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, Polish, European Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and 4 more
- Released: 2016-12-06
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-capturing-pieces-2/id1181402600/reviews.md

## What is Chess?

If you are a beginner, you just cannot afford to give away your piece in 1 move, presuming, of course, that you wish to improve your play! Another thing you cannot afford is to miss a chance of grabbing an undefended piece of your opponent's! This course includes more than 1500 exercises with lots of pieces on the board. Such a great number of exercises makes this course an excellent tool for quick training of chess beginners. The course is intended for players who are already acquainted with the rules of the game. Even if you study and solve only 20% of exercises you are sure to improve your chess skills and not to miss a chance to take an undefended piece in your practical game! All the exercises are taken from practical games and arranged according to the names of pieces and difficulty levels.

This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players.

With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice.

The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve 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.

Advantages of the program:
• High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness
• You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher
• Different levels of complexity of the tasks
• Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems
• The program gives hint if an error is made
• For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown
• You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer
• Interactive theoretical lessons
• Structured table of contents
• The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process
• Test mode with flexible settings
• Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises
• The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet
• The application does not require an internet connection

The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics:
1. Part 1
1.1. Winning a knight
1.2. Winning a bishop
1.3. Winning a rook
1.4. Winning a queen
2. Part 2. Win a piece
2.1. Level 1
2.2. Level 2
2.3. Level 3
2.4. Level 4
2.5. Level 5
2.6. Level 6
2.7. Level 7
2.8. Level 8

## Key features

- Over 1500 tactical exercises
- Hints and explanations
- Refutations of mistakes
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Progress monitoring (ELO rating)
- Offline play

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full course | $3.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (3 of 3)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-capturing-pieces-2/id1181402600/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

*2019-01-11, version 1.2*

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2017-12-18*

This app is great for training my eye to see hanging pieces immediately which helps my bullet chess score. I own many Chess King Apps. They're all the best chess training apps in the world and I'm not exaggerating.

### 5/5 — Предыдущий отзыв относиться к приложению вашему ПРОСТЫЕ ТАКТИКИ

*2017-04-26, version 0.9.8*

Мне программа ОЧЕНЬ ПОНРАВИЛАСЬ!!!

## Frequently asked questions about Chess

### What is Chess: Capturing Pieces 2?

Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 is a mobile application designed to help beginners improve their chess skills through tactical exercises. It offers over 1500 exercises derived from actual games, with hints and explanations to guide users.

### Is Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 free to download?

Yes, Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 is free to download and offers a functional free version with some lessons. Additional topics and features are available through in-app purchases.

### Does Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 have ads?

No, the application does not require an internet connection and is ad-free, allowing for uninterrupted training.

### What kind of exercises does Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 offer?

The app provides over 1500 exercises focused on capturing undefended pieces and tactical combinations. These exercises are arranged by piece type and difficulty level, all taken from practical games.

### Can I play Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 offline?

Yes, the application is designed to be playable offline, meaning you do not need an internet connection to access and complete the training exercises.

### How does Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 help me improve?

It acts as a coach by providing tasks, hints, explanations, and refutations of mistakes. The app also monitors your ELO rating changes during the learning process.

### What devices is Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 compatible with?

Chess: Capturing Pieces 2 is available for iPhone, iPod, and iPad devices. It is also adapted for the bigger screen of a tablet.

### What is the age rating for Chess: Capturing Pieces 2?

The app has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for young players and beginners to learn the fundamentals of chess tactics.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2 — 2018-02-05

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements

### 1.0.4 — 2017-06-19

• Added Chinese translations
• Bug fixes

### 1.0.2 — 2017-05-08

Attention! You should have an internet connection on the first launch to verify your purchase!
• Added cloud sync option for statistics and bookmarks
• Added "Auto hints" option - you can use it to turn off automatic hints after wrong move attempts
• Added switching between exercises using swipe gestures
• Added Tag (colored commentaries) option for bookmarks
• Various fixes and improvements

### 0.9.8 — 2017-02-09

• Added auto switch to the next exercise
• Added engine analysis mode and improved engine play mode
• Added statistics of the solved exercises by day
• Added possibility to share exercise with friends
• Added table of symbols convention
• Bug fixes and small improvements

### 0.9.7 — 2017-01-19

• Added sounds in practice
• Added option to disable showing of the exercise goal
• Added possibility to change appearance of move marker
• Added Dutch language
• Bug fixes and small improvements

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