Chess for Kids - Play & Learn

Chess.com

In-app purchases

About this game

Learn to play chess with our beginner-friendly ChessKid app. Enjoy free chess games online and offline. Play with friends or challenge the bots and play 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 of the games and advanced strategies of the world's greatest brain games, 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 tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe.

Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow and fast chess games

It is up to you to decide. Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!

CHESS COMMUNITY
- Chess for kids is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play 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 games are played each month by more than 200,000 active Chesskid users.

PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny 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.

CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles games 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, tactics, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy playing with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Learn from the best chess tutorials. Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable player.

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.

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.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChessKidcom
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chesskidcom

Ratings and reviews

The app is good and my 6 year old picked up a few moves faster than what I would have taught him. The pass and play part is mostly good. For the downsides, I cannot find or add any of my kid's friends online so he doesn't get to play with them unless they visit. Also, puzzles without a clear objective is not what a kid is expected to solve (and some of the puzzle solutions are not even the best move). The puzzles vary between one/two step moves and something that needs six steps.

I don't get why there's no moving back after Checkmate. My boy loves this app, but it never lets him discover alternatives after he loses, and it's hard for him to discover his mistakes and learn how to beat the harder levels so he's stuck and unable to progress. Please, explain it to me in such a way that I can justify it to my 6 year old child and my wallet. edit: I'll also look into reactivating the paid membership once the issue is fixed (in fact, I'll reactivate without thinking)

this is not at all user friendly. contact us doesn't work. There is no settings option, in the app or the website for me to connect my kids account and my account. Figured I should delete and start over but it won't let me do that either! edit: already tried the FAQs they were of absolutely no help.

What’s new

Hello, ChessKids! Version 3.0.0 is here—our biggest update yet!
- Mix and match your Avatar with cool gear like Pirate or Wizard outfits! More items and ways to show off your style are coming soon.
- Earn Gems by learning and practicing chess, then use them to get new outfits. You can't pay for Gems—you have to play!
- Enjoy a total makeover with new fonts, easier navigation, and a modern full-screen view.
- We fixed crashes and bugs to keep the app running smoothly.