# Chess Opens: Opening Trainer — Learn every move, and why

> Learn every move, and why (iPhone/iPad app by Gavin Mckinley.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-opens-opening-trainer/id6821290771 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gavin Mckinley](https://appshunter.io/developer/1766027761)
- Category: Games, Board
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 44 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-11-08

## What is Chess Opens?

Memorizing opening moves is easy to forget. Understanding them sticks.

Chess Opens teaches 37 openings for White and Black, move by move, with a short note on why each move is played: what it attacks, what it prepares and what it stops. Then it makes you play the line from memory until you know it cold.

LEARN
Step through every line one move at a time. A coach's note explains each move in plain English, a red arrow shows what comes next, and you can tap Next, autoplay the line, or make the moves yourself on the board.

PRACTICE
Play your side of the line from memory while the book replies for your opponent. Get it wrong and the board shakes; get stuck and a hint shows the piece first, then the square. Finish a line with no mistakes and no hints to earn three stars.

QUIZ
Watch an opening play out and pick its name from four choices. Keep your streak going and see how well you really know your repertoire.

EXPLORER
Play any moves for either side. The explorer names the opening you've reached, even by transposition, shows which book moves continue from there, and tells you when you've left theory.

WHAT'S INSIDE
• 37 openings and 41 lines, from beginner-friendly systems to heavy theory
• As White: Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, Scotch, Vienna Gambit, King's Gambit, Evans Gambit, Fried Liver, Four Knights, Smith-Morra, Alapin Sicilian, Queen's Gambit, London System, Catalan, Trompowsky, English and Réti
• As Black: Sicilian Najdorf, Dragon and Sveshnikov, French, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian, Pirc, Alekhine, Petrov, Philidor, Two Knights, Berlin, King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Grünfeld, Dutch, Modern Benoni and Queen's Indian
• Each opening comes with its key ideas, its main lines and the position they lead to
• Stars and progress for every line, so you can see what you've mastered and what needs work
• Four board themes, move sounds and haptics

NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING
Everything works offline. Your progress stays on your device. There are no accounts, no ads and no tracking.

The same lines are taught on chessopens.app, so you can study on your computer and practice on your phone.

## Is Chess Opens safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Chess Opens.

## Is Chess Opens legit?

Chess Opens: Opening Trainer appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Chess Opens is 63 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-03

No release notes.

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