Chess King Android Apps on the Google Play Store

Android Chess King apps The Chess King Android Play Store has all the best chess Android apps for Android phone or tablet for you to improve at chess at any level, from beginner to master, and in all areas of chess. All our apps are free downloads so you can try them and see if you find it useful. If you like the app, you can choose to buy the full version.




Improvement Guide Articles

Here are some articles by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and chess guru Steve Lopez on how best to improve at chess from different levels. You can come back to this main page anytime.


Android Level 1 (for players 200 to 600 ELO)

Chess Tactics for Beginners (200-1400)

01 Chess Tactics for Beginners
This course is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko which became a sort of chess publishing sensation and sold over 200,000 copies. More than 1300 training exercises are intended for beginners, both children and adults. Elementary and simple tasks (1-, 2- and 3-way) are used as teaching material. The program allows you to test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1400 ELO


Chess: From Beginners to Club (200-1600)

02 Chess From Beginners to Club
This teaching program is a kind of guide. It will introduce you to the rules and laws of chess and let you work your way of improvement from the level of Beginner to the one of Club Player. In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1600 ELO


Mate in 1. Chess Puzzles (400-800)

16 Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles)
If you are a beginner, you should practice much to mate in one move. This course provides excellent material for this training. The big number of exercises (2500) covers different methods of mating. Many of them is an excellent tool for speed training even for stronger players. This is a rare course that is intended even for players with USCF rating of 600. Even if you only study and solve 10% of the exercises, you will learn a huge number of mating patterns and probably never miss a mate in one again!

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 400-800 ELO



Android Level 2 (for players 600 ELO to 1000 ELO)

Chess Tactics for Beginners (200-1400)

01 Chess Tactics for Beginners
This course is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko which became a sort of chess publishing sensation and sold over 200,000 copies. More than 1300 training exercises are intended for beginners, both children and adults. Elementary and simple tasks (1-, 2- and 3-way) are used as teaching material. The program allows you to test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1400 ELO


Chess: From Beginners to Club (200-1600)

02 Chess From Beginners to Club
This teaching program is a kind of guide. It will introduce you to the rules and laws of chess and let you work your way of improvement from the level of Beginner to the one of Club Player. In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1600 ELO


Mate in 1. Chess Puzzles (400-800)

16 Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles)
If you are a beginner, you should practice much to mate in one move. This course provides excellent material for this training. The big number of exercises (2500) covers different methods of mating. Many of them is an excellent tool for speed training even for stronger players. This is a rare course that is intended even for players with USCF rating of 600. Even if you only study and solve 10% of the exercises, you will learn a huge number of mating patterns and probably never miss a mate in one again!

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 400-800 ELO



Android Level 3 (for players 1000 ELO to 1200 ELO)

Chess Tactics for Beginners (200-1400)

01 Chess Tactics for Beginners
This course is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko which became a sort of chess publishing sensation and sold over 200,000 copies. More than 1300 training exercises are intended for beginners, both children and adults. Elementary and simple tasks (1-, 2- and 3-way) are used as teaching material. The program allows you to test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1400 ELO


Chess: From Beginners to Club (200-1600)

02 Chess From Beginners to Club
This teaching program is a kind of guide. It will introduce you to the rules and laws of chess and let you work your way of improvement from the level of Beginner to the one of Club Player. In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1600 ELO


Chess Puzzles Advanced Defense (1000-1600)

03 Chess Puzzles Advanced Defense
The course includes 380 exercises on the following aspects of defense: Avoiding checkmate, Interference, Support The program allows you to test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1000-1600 ELO


Complete Chess Course (1000-1600)

19 Complete Chess Course
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.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1000-1600 ELO



Android Level 4 (for players 1200 ELO to 1400 ELO)

Chess Tactics for Beginners (200-1400)

01 Chess Tactics for Beginners
This course is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko which became a sort of chess publishing sensation and sold over 200,000 copies. More than 1300 training exercises are intended for beginners, both children and adults. Elementary and simple tasks (1-, 2- and 3-way) are used as teaching material. The program allows you to test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1400 ELO


Chess: From Beginners to Club (200-1600)

02 Chess From Beginners to Club
This teaching program is a kind of guide. It will introduce you to the rules and laws of chess and let you work your way of improvement from the level of Beginner to the one of Club Player. In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1600 ELO


Chess Tactics Art: Mate Theory (1200-1800)

04 Chess Tactics Art Mate Theory
CT-ART Mating Combinations program is the unique due to two causes: the high quality of the theoretical material and a new technology of giving the studying material, the iBook technology that uses hyperlinks and additional windows for comfortable usage of the studying material. The course is prepared by the famous coach Victor Khenkin and includes 1200 instructive examples on 14 themes, each of them illustrates the peculiarities of using certain pieces for mating combinations and 700 exercises for you to solve.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-1800 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 1 (1200-2000)

05 Chess Combinations Vol. 1
The fundamental chess program for club players. The first part includes more than 1300 exercises (more than 200 examples to explore and 1100 to solve), classified in 40 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 2 (1200-2000)

07 Chess Combinations Vol. 2
The fundamental chess program for club players. The second part includes more than 2600 exercises (more than 400 examples to explore and 2200 to solve), classified in 60 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Mate in 2. Chess Puzzles (1200-1400)

17 Mate in 2 (Chess Puzzles)
The best way to improve your game is to train yourself on your computer in solving problems from practical games. If you a beginner but already know how to mate in 1 move, you have to move on and learn how to attack a king and give mate in 2 moves! This course includes 31 000 exercises from masters games. In every exercise you will have to find a best continuation for an attack against the king. All the exercises are taken from practical games and arranged according to the names of pieces and difficulty levels. A great number of exercises makes the course an excellent tool for quick training both beginners and club players.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-1400 ELO


Complete Chess Course (1000-1600)

19 Complete Chess Course
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.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1000-1600 ELO


CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) (1200-2400)

20 CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics. The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2400 ELO



Android Level 5 (for players 1400 ELO to 1600 ELO)

Chess Tactics Art (1400-1600)

06 Chess Tactics Art (1400-1600)
A fundamental course on chess tactics for Beginners. The course contains 150 teaching examples and 1500 new exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge. The exercises are classified according to more than 30 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-1600 ELO


Chess: From Beginners to Club (200-1600)

02 Chess From Beginners to Club
This teaching program is a kind of guide. It will introduce you to the rules and laws of chess and let you work your way of improvement from the level of Beginner to the one of Club Player. In the course 100 chess topics are considered including rules of chess game; methods of playing in opening, middle game and ending; combinational techniques and basic elements of strategy. All in all, the course contains 500 teaching examples and 700 exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 200-1600 ELO


Chess Tactics Art: Mate Theory (1200-1800)

04 Chess Tactics Art Mate Theory
CT-ART Mating Combinations program is the unique due to two causes: the high quality of the theoretical material and a new technology of giving the studying material, the iBook technology that uses hyperlinks and additional windows for comfortable usage of the studying material. The course is prepared by the famous coach Victor Khenkin and includes 1200 instructive examples on 14 themes, each of them illustrates the peculiarities of using certain pieces for mating combinations and 700 exercises for you to solve.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-1800 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 1 (1200-2000)

05 Chess Combinations Vol. 1
The fundamental chess program for club players. The first part includes more than 1300 exercises (more than 200 examples to explore and 1100 to solve), classified in 40 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 2 (1200-2000)

07 Chess Combinations Vol. 2
The fundamental chess program for club players. The second part includes more than 2600 exercises (more than 400 examples to explore and 2200 to solve), classified in 60 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

14 Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
This is a perfect opening manual. It features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the greatest chess players. This compact opening manual contains a detailed classification, which makes it useful to players of any level – beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Each opening variation is supplied with evaluations and characteristics of key moves.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Manual of Chess Combinations (1400-2000)

13 Manual of Chess Combinations
The material used in the program is based on a textbook by a renowned chess trainer Sergey Ivashchenko – Manual of Chess Combinations vol 2. You have to find the most important moves. Once you’re solving a problem and proposing a wrong move, the program helps you with various visual hints (such as arrows showing key lines of attack), and eventually shows the piece which is to move.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Chess Opening Blunders (1400-2000)

15 Chess Opening Blunders
Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders – learn to play chess by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time. The program designed for studying the blunders in more than 40 openings and contains over 1,250 instructive exercises of varying difficulty from practical games. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Mate in 3-4. Chess Puzzles (1400-1600)

18 Mate in 3-4 (Chess Puzzles)
This course includes more than 2500 exercises for mating in 3 or 4 moves. You will have to use your fantasy and precise calculation in order to find a correct way of attacking the king. After going through this course you are sure to improve your skills and abilities considerably and will not miss an opportunity to employ a nice little combination in a practical game of your own. The program is intended both for club players and intermediate players. All the exercises are taken from practical games and arranged according to the names of pieces and difficulty levels.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-1600 ELO


Complete Chess Course (1000-1600)

19 Complete Chess Course
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.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1000-1600 ELO


CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) (1200-2400)

20 CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics. The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2400 ELO



Android Level 6 (for players 1600 ELO to 1800 ELO)

Chess Tactics Art (1600-1800)

08 Chess Tactics Art (1600-1800)
A fundamental course on chess tactics for Club Players. The course contains 230 teaching examples and 340 new exercises useful for consolidation of acquired knowledge. The exercises are classified according to about 30 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-1800 ELO


Chess Guide Vol. 1 (1600-2000)

09 Chess Guide Vol. 1 (1600-2000)
This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course contains 57 themes, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-2000 ELO


Total Chess Ending (1600-2400)

10 Total Chess Ending
Total Chess Ending course composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. It’s aim is to teach a student the intricacies of the endgame through a theoretical section, which includes over 600 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods, and training section, with more than 2400 endgame exercises, classified according to 500 endgame themes. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-2400 ELO


Chess Tactics Art: Mate Theory (1200-1800)

04 Chess Tactics Art Mate Theory
CT-ART Mating Combinations program is the unique due to two causes: the high quality of the theoretical material and a new technology of giving the studying material, the iBook technology that uses hyperlinks and additional windows for comfortable usage of the studying material. The course is prepared by the famous coach Victor Khenkin and includes 1200 instructive examples on 14 themes, each of them illustrates the peculiarities of using certain pieces for mating combinations and 700 exercises for you to solve.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-1800 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 1 (1200-2000)

05 Chess Combinations Vol. 1
The fundamental chess program for club players. The first part includes more than 1300 exercises (more than 200 examples to explore and 1100 to solve), classified in 40 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 2 (1200-2000)

07 Chess Combinations Vol. 2
The fundamental chess program for club players. The second part includes more than 2600 exercises (more than 400 examples to explore and 2200 to solve), classified in 60 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

14 Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
This is a perfect opening manual. It features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the greatest chess players. This compact opening manual contains a detailed classification, which makes it useful to players of any level – beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Each opening variation is supplied with evaluations and characteristics of key moves.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Manual of Chess Combinations (1400-2000)

13 Manual of Chess Combinations
The material used in the program is based on a textbook by a renowned chess trainer Sergey Ivashchenko – Manual of Chess Combinations vol 2. You have to find the most important moves. Once you’re solving a problem and proposing a wrong move, the program helps you with various visual hints (such as arrows showing key lines of attack), and eventually shows the piece which is to move.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Chess Opening Blunders (1400-2000)

15 Chess Opening Blunders
Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders – learn to play chess by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time. The program designed for studying the blunders in more than 40 openings and contains over 1,250 instructive exercises of varying difficulty from practical games. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) (1200-2400)

20 CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics. The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2400 ELO



Android Level 7 (for players 1800 ELO to 2000 ELO)

Chess Guide Vol. 1 (1600-2000)

09 Chess Guide Vol. 1 (1600-2000)
This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course contains 57 themes, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-2000 ELO


Chess Guide Vol. 2 (1800-2200)

11 Chess Guide Vol. 2 (1800-2200)
This is a course for intermediate players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course contains 34 themes, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 290 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 750 exercises of varying difficulty.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2200 ELO


Chess Strategy (1800-2400)

12 Chess Strategy (1800-2200)
This chess program presents many instructive positions with 18 most important strategic themes The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Total Chess Ending (1600-2400)

10 Total Chess Ending
Total Chess Ending course composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. It’s aim is to teach a student the intricacies of the endgame through a theoretical section, which includes over 600 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods, and training section, with more than 2400 endgame exercises, classified according to 500 endgame themes. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-2400 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 1 (1200-2000)

05 Chess Combinations Vol. 1
The fundamental chess program for club players. The first part includes more than 1300 exercises (more than 200 examples to explore and 1100 to solve), classified in 40 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Combinations Vol. 2 (1200-2000)

07 Chess Combinations Vol. 2
The fundamental chess program for club players. The second part includes more than 2600 exercises (more than 400 examples to explore and 2200 to solve), classified in 60 tactical methods and motifs. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2000 ELO


Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)

14 Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
This is a perfect opening manual. It features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the greatest chess players. This compact opening manual contains a detailed classification, which makes it useful to players of any level – beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Each opening variation is supplied with evaluations and characteristics of key moves.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Manual of Chess Combinations (1400-2000)

13 Manual of Chess Combinations
The material used in the program is based on a textbook by a renowned chess trainer Sergey Ivashchenko – Manual of Chess Combinations vol 2. You have to find the most important moves. Once you’re solving a problem and proposing a wrong move, the program helps you with various visual hints (such as arrows showing key lines of attack), and eventually shows the piece which is to move.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


Chess Opening Blunders (1400-2000)

15 Chess Opening Blunders
Encyclopedia of Opening Blunders – learn to play chess by learning the opening mistakes and traps that have been discovered over time. The program designed for studying the blunders in more than 40 openings and contains over 1,250 instructive exercises of varying difficulty from practical games. The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1400-2000 ELO


CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) (1200-2400)

20 CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics. The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame II (1800-2400)

21 Chess Middlegame II
Chess Middlegame II course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. The following openings are viewed: Sicilian defense (Dragon, Najdorf, Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open variation, Exchanged Variation), King’s gambit, Italian game, Evans gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev, Alekhine’s defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, Queen’s-Indian defense, Queen’s gambit, Modern Benoni).

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame III (1800-2400)

22 Chess Middlegame III
Chess Middlegame III course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. Openings: Sicilian defense (Closed System and 3. Bb5 var.), Scandinavian defense, Grunfeld defense, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Reti opening and others.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame IV (1800-2400)

23 Chess Middlegame IV
Chess Middlegame IV course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. Openings: Two Knights’ defense, Sicilian defense (Richter-Rauzer attack), French defense (3. e5 and 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 variations), Caro-Kann defense (3.e5 var.), English defense etc.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO



Android Level 8 (for players 2000 ELO to 2200 ELO)

Chess Guide Vol. 2 (1800-2200)

11 Chess Guide Vol. 2 (1800-2200)
This is a course for intermediate players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons. The course contains 34 themes, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 290 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 750 exercises of varying difficulty.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2200 ELO


Chess Strategy (1800-2400)

12 Chess Strategy (1800-2200)
This chess program presents many instructive positions with 18 most important strategic themes The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Total Chess Ending (1600-2400)

10 Total Chess Ending
Total Chess Ending course composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. It’s aim is to teach a student the intricacies of the endgame through a theoretical section, which includes over 600 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods, and training section, with more than 2400 endgame exercises, classified according to 500 endgame themes. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-2400 ELO


CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) (1200-2400)

20 CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics. The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame II (1800-2400)

21 Chess Middlegame II
Chess Middlegame II course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. The following openings are viewed: Sicilian defense (Dragon, Najdorf, Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open variation, Exchanged Variation), King’s gambit, Italian game, Evans gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev, Alekhine’s defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, Queen’s-Indian defense, Queen’s gambit, Modern Benoni).

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame III (1800-2400)

22 Chess Middlegame III
Chess Middlegame III course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. Openings: Sicilian defense (Closed System and 3. Bb5 var.), Scandinavian defense, Grunfeld defense, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Reti opening and others.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame IV (1800-2400)

23 Chess Middlegame IV
Chess Middlegame IV course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. Openings: Two Knights’ defense, Sicilian defense (Richter-Rauzer attack), French defense (3. e5 and 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 variations), Caro-Kann defense (3.e5 var.), English defense etc.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO



Android Level 9 (for players 2200 ELO to 2400+ ELO)

Total Chess Ending (1600-2400)

10 Total Chess Ending
Total Chess Ending course composed by GM Alexander Panchenko. It’s aim is to teach a student the intricacies of the endgame through a theoretical section, which includes over 600 games/lectures, each of them illustrating theoretical and practical endgame methods, and training section, with more than 2400 endgame exercises, classified according to 500 endgame themes. The material written by IM ICCF Alexander Alpert.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1600-2400 ELO


CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics) (1200-2400)

20 CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)
The legendary tactics course that has been voted more than once by chess experts as the best chess training program in the world. This version includes 2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises, divided into 50 topics. The course is based on the bestselling book Combination Motifs by a renowned trainer grandmaster Maxim Blokh. All positions have been hand-picked over the course of 20 years of training practice and come in the order that ensures most efficient learning.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1200-2400 ELO


Chess Strategy (1800-2400)

12 Chess Strategy (1800-2200)
This chess program presents many instructive positions with 18 most important strategic themes The program allows you to study the theoretical material and test your knowledge, see changes in your rating and keep track of your progress

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame II (1800-2400)

21 Chess Middlegame II
Chess Middlegame II course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. The following openings are viewed: Sicilian defense (Dragon, Najdorf, Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open variation, Exchanged Variation), King’s gambit, Italian game, Evans gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev, Alekhine’s defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, Queen’s-Indian defense, Queen’s gambit, Modern Benoni).

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame III (1800-2400)

22 Chess Middlegame III
Chess Middlegame III course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. Openings: Sicilian defense (Closed System and 3. Bb5 var.), Scandinavian defense, Grunfeld defense, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Reti opening and others.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


Chess Middlegame IV (1800-2400)

23 Chess Middlegame IV
Chess Middlegame IV course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section. Openings: Two Knights’ defense, Sicilian defense (Richter-Rauzer attack), French defense (3. e5 and 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 variations), Caro-Kann defense (3.e5 var.), English defense etc.

Free download, in-app purchases, suitable for players 1800-2400 ELO


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