CHESS CANONICAL teaches chess the way a coach would: on a board you can touch, not a page you have to read.

Everything works offline. No account, no sign-up, no waiting on a connection.

LEARN CHESS FROM THE BEGINNING
Twelve lessons starting from how each piece moves. Every chess lesson puts a real board in front of you and lets you try the move yourself, with illegal taps explained rather than ignored. Covers piece movement, captures, check and checkmate, castling, en passant, promotion, and stalemate — everything a beginner needs before their first game.

CHESS PUZZLES AND TACTICS TRAINING
A ladder of 50 chess puzzles, every one taken from a game that was actually played. Forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, deflection and mating nets, sorted into six tiers from Very Easy to Advanced. Your tactics rating moves with your results, and a daily chess puzzle is waiting each time you open the app.

PLAY CHESS AGAINST THE COMPUTER
Five computer opponents, from roughly 600 to 1700 Elo:

• Beginner (~600) — blunders often, so you can practise punishing mistakes
• Easy (~900) — comfortable practice
• Medium (~1200) — punishes loose pieces
• Hard (~1500) — plays every tactic it sees
• Advanced (~1700) — full strength, no mercy

Choose your colour, flip the board, and take a move back when you need to.

FOUR FULL COURSES - WITH ADS
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• Opening Principles — control the centre, develop your pieces, castle safely
• Essential Endgames — king and pawn, rook and bishop endings, mating patterns
• Middlegame Mastery — pawn structures, and the plans that come with them
• Classical Games — ten famous games, in the order the ideas arrived

TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
Puzzle rating, lessons completed, activity history, and achievements — all stored on your device.

MADE TO BE QUIET
Light, dark, or follow your phone's own setting. Board sounds you can switch off. No notifications nagging you to come back.

Free to use, supported by occasional ads.