# Chess School for Beginners — Chess Training

> Interactive chess course for beginners with rules, tactics, and practice. (iPhone/iPad app by Chess King.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-school-for-beginners/id1152972332 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chess King](https://appshunter.io/developer/1096660597)
- Category: Games, Education, Board, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 646 App Store ratings · 34 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 64 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany), Italian, Romanian, Russian, European Spanish
- Released: 2017-01-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-school-for-beginners/id1152972332/reviews.md

## What is Chess School for Beginners?

This friendly interactive course is intended for both children and adult beginners. It is divided into 2 main sections: Chess rules and Playing.
500 carefully chosen, and in many cases designed, examples to help a student.

This course is in the series Chess King Learn, 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.

The program also contains 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.

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. Introduction
1.1. Chess board
1.2. Chess pieces
1.3. Starting position
2. Pieces' moves
2.1. Rook
2.2. Bishop
2.3. Queen
2.4. Knight
2.5. King
2.6. Pawn
3. Capture
4. Pawn promotion
5. The relative value of the pieces
6. Castling
7. The role of the king, Check and mate
7.1. Check and mate
7.2. Mate
7.3. Mate in one move
7.4. Stalemate
7.5. Perpetual check
8. Notation (How to read moves)
9. Elementary capture
9.1. Winning a knight
9.2. Winning a bishop
9.3. Winning a rook
9.4. Winning a queen
9.5. Win a piece
10. Simple defense
10.1. Retreat
10.2. Defending with another piece
10.3. Taking an attacking piece
10.4. Interception
10.5. Defending from mate
11. Chess skills development
12. The role of the king. Continuation
12.1. Mate in 1
12.2. Mate in 2
12.3. Discovered check
12.4. Double check
12.5. Perpetual check
12.6. Stalemate
13. King and queen against a king
14. King and rook against a king
15. King and minor piece or a pawn against a king
16. Etiquette during a game

## Key features

- Interactive chess rules lessons
- Practice exercises with hints
- Theoretical sections with board play
- 500+ carefully chosen examples
- Progress tracking (ELO rating)
- Offline access

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full course | $7.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 34)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-school-for-beginners/id1152972332/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Sprache ?

*2026-01-18*

Trotz Systemeinstellung der Sprache auf Deutsch sind die Fragen am Anfang der App auf englisch, ist ein bisschen unglücklich.

### 1/5 — Diese App bekommt von mir ein mangelhaft.

*2025-02-12*

Erklärungen in zwei verschiedenen Sprachen was soll das? Das ist nicht akzeptabel.

### 3/5 — Diseño y preguntas

*2024-09-01, version 1.2*

Las preguntas son a veces confusas. 
El tablero a veces se oculta parcialmente. 
Consecuencia: las respuestas resultan erróneas.

### 5/5 — Excelente

*2023-11-11, version 1.2*

Enseña desde cero, para mi ideal por que no sabia absolutamente nada y esta app me ha ayudado muchísimo. Gracias.

### 1/5 — Übel

*2023-10-22*

Auch wenn die Sprache auf Deutsch gestellt wurde, sind viele Fragen und Aufgaben in Englisch!

### 4/5 — imparare a giocare

*2023-10-15, version 1.2*

sconoscevo il gioco e sto imparando.

### 5/5 — Scacchi

*2022-11-29, version 1.2*

Buono

### 1/5 — Mi fa un po’ schifo… (sono sincera)

*2022-10-13, version 1.2*

Mio papa mi ha obbligato a scaricare io visto STUPIDO GIOCO DI SCACCHI QUANDO LO FACCIO A SCUOLA!😡🤬👿
  

Ps:
Non mi piace il boato gioco 

Carola

### 5/5 — New learners

*2022-07-03, version 1.2*

Very teachable

### 5/5 — Scuola di scacchi

*2022-01-04, version 1.2*

Per me uno strumento molto interessante che finalmente mi permette di comprendere tante piccole dinamiche di questo meraviglioso gioco.Grazie

## Frequently asked questions about Chess School for Beginners

### What does the Chess School for Beginners app teach?

This app provides a comprehensive interactive course for beginners to learn chess. It covers fundamental chess rules, piece movements, capture strategies, and basic checkmate scenarios. The course is divided into sections on rules and playing, offering over 500 examples to solidify understanding.

### How does the app help users improve their chess skills?

The app acts as a personal coach, providing tasks to solve and offering hints or explanations if you get stuck. It also shows refutations for common mistakes and includes interactive theoretical lessons where you can practice moves on the board. The program monitors your ELO rating to track your improvement.

### Is the Chess School for Beginners app free to use?

The application includes a free part that allows you to test its functionality with fully functional lessons. Additional topics and advanced content are available through in-app purchases.

### Can I use this chess app without an internet connection?

Yes, a significant advantage of this application is that it does not require an internet connection to use. You can learn and practice chess anytime, anywhere, even offline.

### What are the main sections of the Chess School for Beginners course?

The course is primarily divided into two main sections: Chess Rules and Playing. Within these, you'll find detailed explanations on the chessboard, pieces, their moves, captures, pawn promotion, castling, check and mate, notation, elementary capture, and simple defense strategies.

## 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
• Animated playback of theory with sound
• Date of reading the theory
• Disabled automatic playback of refutations
• Option to reset password
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements

### 1.0.6 — 2017-08-28

• The theory mode was considerably revised. Meet the animated playback with sound!
• Various fixes and improvements

### 1.0.4 — 2017-06-19

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
• Improved theory mode
• Added Tag (colored commentaries) option for bookmarks
• Various fixes and improvements

### 0.9.8 — 2017-02-07

• 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 — 2017-01-04

No release notes.

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