# Chess Strategy for Beginners — Chess Training

> Interactive chess course for beginners to intermediate players, covering all game stages. (iPhone/iPad app by Chess King.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-strategy-for-beginners/id1121720375 (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: 4.80/5 from 134 App Store ratings · 21 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, European Spanish, Turkish
- Released: 2016-06-11
- Data updated: 2026-08-18
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-strategy-for-beginners/id1121720375/reviews.md

## What is Chess Strategy for Beginners?

This course is an interactive tutorial for those unexperienced players, both children and adults, who have already learnt the rules of chess and now wish to become players of intermediate strength. 
This course covers a wide range of opening, middlegame and endgame subjects. It starts off by teaching you how to checkmate the lone king and proceeds to more advanced topics, such as utilizing a material or positional advantage. This program includes 55 lessons with more than 1200 instructive examples and exercises.
This course turns a beginner into an intermediate player!

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. Utilizing a decisive material advantage
1.1. Mating with major pieces
1.2. Mating with a rook
1.3. Mating with a queen
1.4. Mating with two bishops
1.5. Mating with bishop and knight (king is on the edge)
1.6. Mating with bishop and knight (king is in the center)
1.7. Mating with two knights
1.8. Different kinds of large material advantage
1.9. How to solve chess problems
2. The three stages of a chess game
2.1. How to play in the opening
2.2. Quick mobilization of forces
2.3. Fighting for the center
2.4. Harmonius pawn structure
2.5. What to do after the opening?
2.6. About endgame
2.7. Basic endgame rules
3. Basic pawn endings
3.1. The rule of the square
3.2. More about the rule of the square
3.3. The king helps the pawn
3.4. Opposition
3.5. The key squares
4. The fundamentals of chess tactics
4.1. Tactical methods
4.2. Combination and its components
4.3. Double attack
4.4. Knight and pawn forks
4.5. Exploiting a pin
4.6. How to fight against pins
4.7. Discovered attack
4.8. Discovered check
4.9. "Mill"
4.10. Double check
4.11. Decoy
4.12. Blocking
4.13. Smothered mate
4.14. Distraction
4.15. Weakness of the back rank
4.16. Square clearance
4.17. Line clearance
4.18. Annihilation of defense
4.19. Interception
4.20. Intermediate blow
4.21. Intermediate check
4.22. Play for a stalemate
5. Utilizing a material or positional advantage

## Key features

- Interactive lessons
- 55 lessons with 1200+ examples
- Opening, middlegame, and endgame strategy
- Hints and mistake refutations
- Play positions against computer
- Tracks ELO rating

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full course | $12.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 21)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-strategy-for-beginners/id1121720375/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Pretty good

*2025-12-11*

These puzzles are good but I find many puzzles that could have alternate solutions. I guess they are looking for the “best” moves. I am playing the free version which does give you enough free content which is nice and it’s only 12 bucks for the full app. Pretty good in my opinion.

### 5/5 — İyi

*2022-01-15, version 1.2*

Oynanabilir fazladan göz çıkmaz

### 5/5 — Top

*2021-02-15, version 1.2*

Wirklich effektiver Kurs mit echtem Suchtpotential. Ist ein klasse Effekt wenn man hier Probleme löst und dann im echten spiel zum Problem wird. Empfehlung!

### 1/5 — Traduction

*2021-01-15*

Traduction de la théorie en Français inaccessible ! On le découvre après avoir payé.

### 3/5 — Turkce olmasi daha iyi olurdu

*2020-12-02, version 1.2*

Turkce olmasi daha iyi olurdu

### 5/5 — A step up

*2020-09-20*

Simple but very thoughtful and useable strategies that can be incorporated into actual games.

### 5/5 — Mr. A

*2019-12-18*

Slowly, I am learning! It’s a good app. Go ahead and try it. No ad problems either

### 5/5 — Great program

*2018-11-02*

Instruction has me thinking about chess in new ways.  Excellent tutor!

### 5/5 — Great!

*2018-09-23*

Excellent vast depth and ease of use

### 5/5 — How Gucci(Good) Chess king is

*2018-08-12*

I can’t believe I’m learning chess, thanks to this app. Make more of these, like advanced tactics. I can’t wait to learn the game of chess, so please help me!

-Sebastian Caso Rodriguez, User of Chess king apps

## Frequently asked questions about Chess Strategy for Beginners

### What does this chess app do?

This app is an interactive tutorial designed to transform beginners into intermediate chess players. It offers lessons on openings, middlegames, and endgames, complete with instructive examples and exercises. The program also functions as a coach, providing hints and explanations when you get stuck.

### What are the key features of this chess course?

Key features include 55 interactive lessons with over 1200 examples and exercises, covering all stages of the game. It provides hints and refutations for mistakes, allows you to play out positions against the computer, and monitors your ELO rating. The app also includes interactive theoretical lessons and a structured table of contents.

### How much does this chess app cost?

The application includes a free part where you can test its functionality with fully functional lessons. Additional topics and full access to the course content are available through in-app purchases.

### Is this app compatible with my device?

The application is adapted for larger screens, such as tablets. It does not require an internet connection to function, making it accessible for offline use.

### Who is this chess app for?

This app is intended for unexperienced chess players, including both children and adults, who have already learned the basic rules of chess and are looking to advance their skills to an intermediate level. It's ideal for those wanting to improve their knowledge, learn new tactics, and practice strategy.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2 — 2018-01-15

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

• App is updated for iPhone X
• New home screen
• Renaming of account
• Various fixes and improvements

### 1.1 — 2017-10-20

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

### 1.0.3 — 2017-06-02

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 — 2017-01-12

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

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