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Chess School for Beginners APK

Latest Version 3.4.0 for Windows
Updated 2024-12-23

Game information

Version 3.4.0 (#10000020)

Updated 2024-12-23

APK Size 42.1 MB

Requires Android Android 7.0+ (Nougat)

Offered by Chess King

Category Free Board Game

Game id com.chessking.android.learn.schoolforbeginners

Developer's notes This friendly interactive course is for both children and adult beginners

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Latest updates

What's new in Chess School for Beginners 3.4.0

* Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
* Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
* Added daily goal for puzzles - chose how many exercise you need to keep your skills in shape.
* Added daily streak - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
* Various fixes and improvements

Editor's review

Download the latest Chess School for Beginners application, version 3.4.0, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Board app is developed by Chess King and is easy to download and install.

Previous versions, including 3.4.0, 2.4.2, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.

Description

This friendly interactive course is intended for both children and adult beginners. It is divided into 2 main sections: Chess rules and Playing. 500 carefully chosen, and in many cases designed, examples to help a student.

This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players.

With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice.

The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make.

The program also contains a theoretical section, which explains the methods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based on actual examples. The theory is presented in an interactive way, which means you can not only read the text of the lessons, but also to make moves on the board and work out unclear moves on the board.

Advantages of the program:
♔ High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness
♔ You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher
♔ Different levels of complexity of the tasks
♔ Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems
♔ The program gives hint if an error is made
♔ For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown
♔ You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer
♔ Interactive theoretical lessons
♔ Structured table of contents
♔ The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process
♔ Test mode with flexible settings
♔ Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises
♔ The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet
♔ The application does not require an internet connection
♔ You can link the app to a free Chess King account and solve one course from several devices on Android, iOS and Web at the same time

The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version are fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics:
1. Introduction
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Chess board
1.3. Chess pieces
1.4. Starting position
2. Pieces' moves
2.1. Rook
2.2. Bishop
2.3. Queen
2.4. Knight
2.5. King
2.6. Pawn
3. Pawn promotion
4. The relative value of the pieces
5. The role of the king. Check and mate
5.1. Check
5.2. Getting out of check
5.3. Mate
5.4. Castling
5.5. Mate in one move
5.6. Stalemate
5.7. Perpetual check
6. Capture
7. Notation (How to read moves)
8. Elementary capture
8.1. Winning a knight
8.2. Winning a bishop
8.3. Winning a rook
8.4. Winning a queen
8.5. Win a piece
9. Simple defense
9.1. Retreat
9.2. Defending with another piece
9.3. Taking an attacking piece
9.4. Interception
9.5. Defending from mate
10. Chess skills development
11. The role of the king. Continuation
11.1. Mate in 1
11.2. Mate in 2
11.3. Discovered check
11.4. Double check
11.5. Perpetual check
11.6. Stalemate
12. King and queen against a king
13. King and rook against a king
14. King and minor piece against a king
15. King and a pawn against a king
16. Etiquette during a game
17. Chess mazes

Game permissions

Chess School for Beginners 3.4.0 APK requires following permissions:

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Ratings and Reviews

Rating: 4.3/5 based on 2K+ reviews

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2 ★ doesn't really show you how to play as a beginner. gonna look for another app. if you get a question/ move wrong it doesn't matter because it doesn't tell you how to fix it. it just moves on 🤔😒

5 ★ Just game is very helpful and giving individuals The experience confidence strategies to come ungrateful and successful chess master

5 ★ I've enjoyed learning to play the chess basics using this app. It has made me think for myself without rushing me.

2 ★ I find it good. But would sometimes like to ask why this or that is the best move . I am only using the free version so I am only getting very basics

4 ★ Repeats each time I open it from start to end fix this but it is pretty good for learning.

4 ★ Helps me think more and see things in a more tactical way. Not just for kids.

3 ★ I would love explanations for some of the exercises. There's an answer, but I don't always understand WHY the answer is the answer.

5 ★ I bought the course it is very easy and explains evetything with care... 💜

3 ★ its a good app but we have to read everything it does not show how to play

5 ★ A great starter for beginners !

1 ★ Uninstalled - you have to pay for full access

5 ★ Fantastic for beginners.

5 ★ Great way to learn from beginning

5 ★ Pleasant experience. Shared it with my junior school kids.

5 ★ Provides in depth knowledge of chess

Previous versions

Chess School for Beginners 3.4.0 APK for Windows (#10000020, 42.1 MB)

Chess School for Beginners 2.4.2 APK for Windows (#10000018, 50.7 MB)