Learn to play chess with our beginner-friendly ChessKid app! Enjoy free chess games online and offline. Play with friends or challenge the chess bots and play chess against a computer!
Play chess the fun way with the ultimate chess app for kids — and for parents and coaches too! Learn both basic rules and advanced strategies of the world's greatest brain game, all with an app that is AD-FREE and 100%SAFE for kids. Learn valuable chess moves from self-teaching chess tutorials.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join chess tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe. Chess practice makes you better.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow chess
- Fast chess
It is up to you to decide.
Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- ChessKid is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play chess for FREE with kids from around the world and join an amazing community of more than 50,000 players enjoying ChessKid games every month.
- Over 500,000 chess games are played each month by more than 200,000 active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny chess bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves. Make chess practice part of your daily routine.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, chess tactics, openings, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy chess with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching chess and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable chess player. Learn from the best chess tutorials.
Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, شطرنج … no matter the language, no matter the name, chess is the world’s best strategy game.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
ChessKid is the best app for kids who strive to get better at chess. With our app, mastering chess will never be boring. Our funny cartoon characters serve as chess trainers and help you become a chess pro. Join the ChessKid family today!
ABOUT CHESSKID:
ChessKid is built by Chess.com - #1 in chess online.
ChessKid is the #1 scholastic chess app.
ChessKid is trusted by over 2,000 schools and 3 million kids worldwide.
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/chesskidcom
Hello, ChessKids! Here is what we brought you this time:
- Celebrate Christmas together with Ziggy and Miss Pickles!
- You can now disable the sounds in the Settings section
- Bugfixes and improvements
Hello, ChessKids!
Here is what we brought you this time:
- Bugfixes and improvements
Hello, ChessKids!
Here is what we brought you this time:
- Resolved login issues for some users
Hello, ChessKids!
Here is what we brought you this time:
- Improved turn notation
- Bugfixes and other improvements
Hello, ChessKids!
This update brings a new lessons experience. Our team worked hard to bring it to you and we hope you enjoy it. Happy studying!
There were also a lot of bugs squished!
Hello, ChessKids! Here is what we bring you this time:
- User profile, where you can search for your new friends.
- Even more languages!
- Bug Squishes!
Bugfixes and other improvements
Hello, ChessKids!
Here is what we brought you this time:
- New revamped online chess experience
- Parental Gate to prevent kids from accidental purchases
- Bugfixes and other improvements
Hello, ChessKids!
Here is what we bring you this update:
- You can now sign in with Google to your accounts
- Introducing new settings! We added a couple of useful options to them, including the auto-promotion to Queen setting for the live chess
Resolved issues and improved stability.
Hello, ChessKids!
We are very excited to bring you these new updates! Here is what changed:
- The app is now also translated to German, French, Portuguese, Lithuanian and Vietnamese. Please enjoy our lessons and other features using the language you prefer!
- New Pass&Play is here! You can play with your friends now without the need of the second phone.
- New exciting animations and designs. We hope you will like them.
- Resolved issues and improved stability.
Hello, ChessKids!
We worked hard to bring you this new exciting update:
- New Play screen, where you can select your preferred fast chess time once and for all
- Updated slow chess game and challenge screens
- Resolved issues with notifications. No more missing a challenge or missing your turn in slow chess!
Hello, ChessKids!
We are happy to show you what we've been working on lately!
- New exciting bottom bar, which also fixes a couple of navigation issues.
- New membership screen and new upgrade screen. We are also introducing Google Play subscriptions, which are auto-renewable. You will no longer need to set reminders for a seamless Gold membership!
Hello, ChessKids!
Thanks to your help, we've identified and fixed a lot of issues with our lessons!
- If you didn't reach the score after finishing the lesson, don't worry! You can restart the lesson now.
- Switching between your mobile and Web was never this easy! The lesson progress is unified now.
- We are delighted to say that lessons are now translated to Spanish! Happy learning!
- Lots of small fixes and improvements.
Hello ChessKid fans!
We've been working really hard to make ChessKid more fun, instructional and exciting than ever. Here's what's included in this release:
* New video screens. We've expanded search capabilities and improved the look and feel of the navigation. Now you can also save your favorite videos and rewatch them later!
* Several bug fixes. App stability is a big part of our improvement effort. Thank you for continuing to report bugs and problems to us!
- Bugfixes and improvements.
v2.3.4
- Spanish translations added.
- Navigation improvements.
- Bugfixes and improvements.
v2.3.3
- Squashed more bugs!
- Maintenance update.
v2.3.1
- Improved Lessons behavior
- Update to Gold Membership pricing
- Performance improvements
- Squashed more bugs!
v2.3.0
- Support for Android Oreo
- Behind the scenes improvements
- Squashed more bugs!
v2.2.3
- New game search screens
- Fun confetti added to Level Up pop-ups
- Fix for passwords with special characters
- Improved wording when needing to update the app
- Navigation from pop-ups improved
- Find out when you need Gold for a feature
- Squashed more bugs!
v2.2.2
- New game search screens
- Fun confetti added to Level Up pop-ups
- Fix for passwords with special characters
- Improved wording when needing to update the app
- Navigation from pop-ups improved
- Find out when you need Gold for a feature
- Squashed more bugs!
v2.2.1- Challenge your friends to 5, 10, or 15 minute fast chess matches with new time controls- You can see your username and avatar in more places- User levels and icons have been improved to match web- Improved navigation for guest users- Various crash fixes- Squashed more bugs!
v2.2.0- Added fun animations for bots- Fixed various app crashes- Squashed some other bugs!
v2.1.11- Fix Fast chess friends list- Use new Login API- Do not allow adults to create random seeks- Fix Lessons level- Fix Sign Up errors in landscape- Remove ratings bounds from challenge request- Other minor UI changes and under the hood stability improvementsv2.1.10- Use only HTTPS secure protocol for all API callsv2.1.09- Fixed issue prevent kids and parent from signing upv2.1.08- bugfixes for Lessons and Compv2.1.06- Faster username validation
v2.1.10- Use only HTTPS secure protocol for all API callsv2.1.09- Fixed issue prevent kids and parent from signing upv2.1.08- bugfixes for Lessons and Compv2.1.06- Faster username validationv.2.1.05- Computer engine fixes- Lessons and Tactics fixes- other minor bugfixes and improvements
v2.1.09- Fixed issue prevent kids and parent from signing upv2.1.08- bugfixes for Lessons and Compv2.1.06- Faster username validationv.2.1.05- Computer engine fixes- Lessons and Tactics fixes- other minor bugfixes and improvements
