# Karjakin - Elite Chess Player — Chess Training

> Interactive chess training course featuring grandmaster Sergey Karjakin's games and exercises. (iPhone/iPad app by CHESSQUEEN INC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/karjakin-elite-chess-player/id1175282450 (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: 4.90/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 45 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, Polish, European Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and 4 more
- Released: 2016-11-12
- Data updated: 2026-06-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/karjakin-elite-chess-player/id1175282450/reviews.md

## What is Karjakin?

2232 games played by the Sergey Karjakin. 120 exercises: play like Karjakin and play against Karjakin.

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. 1998-2001
1.1. Volume 1
1.2. Volume 2
2. 2002-2003
2.1. Volume 1
2.2. Volume 2
2.3. Volume 3
3. 2004-2005
3.1. Volume 1
3.2. Volume 2
3.3. Volume 3
4. 2006-2007
4.1. Volume 1
4.2. Volume 2
4.3. Volume 3
5. 2008
5.1. Volume 1
5.2. Volume 2
6. 2009-2010
6.1. Volume 1
6.2. Volume 2
6.3. Volume 3
6.4. Volume 4
7. 2011-2012
7.1. Volume 1
7.2. Volume 2
7.3. Volume 3
8. 2013
8.1. Volume 1
8.2. Volume 2
9. 2014
9.1. Volume 1
9.2. Volume 2
10. 2015-2016
10.1. Volume 1
10.2. Volume 2
10.3. Volume 3
11. Play like Karjakin
11.1. Tournament games
11.2. Rapid games
12. Play against Karjakin

## Key features

- Play like Karjakin
- Play against Karjakin
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Personalized coaching and hints
- Rating (ELO) monitoring
- 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 (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/karjakin-elite-chess-player/id1175282450/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great app!!

*2019-07-05*

Good training for dopes like me

## Frequently asked questions about Karjakin

### What is Karjakin - Elite Chess Player?

Karjakin - Elite Chess Player is a chess training application that offers interactive lessons and exercises based on the games of grandmaster Sergey Karjakin. It aims to improve users' chess knowledge in tactics, strategy, and openings.

### Can I play Karjakin - Elite Chess Player offline?

Yes, the application does not require an internet connection, allowing you to train and play chess offline.

### How does Karjakin - Elite Chess Player help me improve?

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

### Is there a free version of Karjakin - Elite Chess Player?

Yes, the course includes a free part with fully functional lessons to test the program before purchasing additional topics.

### What devices is Karjakin - Elite Chess Player available on?

Karjakin - Elite Chess Player is available on iPhone and iPad devices.

### How often is Karjakin - Elite Chess Player updated?

The latest version of Karjakin - Elite Chess Player is 1.2, which was last updated on January 22, 2018.

### What age rating does Karjakin - Elite Chess Player have?

Karjakin - Elite Chess Player has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

### Does Karjakin - Elite Chess Player have ads?

No, Karjakin - Elite Chess Player does not contain advertisements.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2 — 2018-01-22

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

### 1.0.4 — 2017-06-19

Attention! You should have an internet connection on the first launch to verify your purchase!
• Added Chinese translations 
• 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

### 0.9.6 — 2016-11-12

No release notes.

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