Chess for Kids - Play & Learn

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4.7
21.4K reviews
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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
Updated on
Jun 12, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Financial info, and App activity
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
15.2K reviews
Rebecca Smith
March 27, 2026
Great learning platform. It has enough to be worth free play, but the content behind their subscription is well worth the price. Kid friendly. Great parent - child interactivity. Can switch subscriptions between children. Any child subscription grants a parent subscription as well, so come learn with your child! Good wholesome fun and learning.
16 people found this review helpful
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Chess.com
March 27, 2026
Thank you for this detailed feedback. We're glad you're enjoying playing on ChessKid!
Aniket Siddhaye
July 5, 2025
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.
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Chess.com
July 8, 2025
Thank you for this feedback. Kids can challenge their friends to Slow Chess games by tapping on their avatar on the app, then tapping on one of their friends' avatars. We're working to add Live Chess friendly challenges on the app! We'll also review Puzzle functionality, since Puzzle solutions with equivalent moves can be confusing.
Dmitry Mashkov
May 25, 2026
I installed the app for my son. He really enjoyed using it and 'played' it every day. I was happy he learned chess. I bought a subscription. All good. But after a couple of weeks new levels started appearing in a half-English way. My son doesn't speak English. I tried to reach out for support. Chat bots were useless, but there was no other way to contact the developer. Finally I was told my issue was registered and I to be looked at within two days. I was never contacted back. I cancelled subs.
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Chess.com
May 25, 2026
We're very glad your son is enjoying playing chess on ChessKid! So that we may investigate the translation issue in more detail, please contact our Support team or submit a quick bug report at: www.chesskid.com/support. After an initial search, choose the option "I still need help", so that your request may be sent to our Support Team.

What’s new

Hello, ChessKids! Here is what we brought you this time:
- We’ve added full Hindi translation to the app so even more kids can join the fun!
- Bugfixes and improvements.