Chess Coach: Openings Trainer

Chess Coach: Openings turns opening study into something you actually do, not something you watch.

Pick an opening, pick a side, and drill it move by move. The board waits for your move. Play the right one and you get a green card with the idea behind it - why this square, why this move order, what the threat is. Miss it and you get a red card with the move you should have played, a green arrow showing where, and a one-tap Show correct move to keep going.

Every move you play is graded against real opening theory. Sidelines count too: play a known variation and you'll see the name (Two Knights, Berlin, Najdorf, Winawer, and dozens more) so you learn the map of the opening, not just one line.

What's inside

White repertoire:

Italian Game (with Two Knights and Fried Liver)
Ruy Lopez (Closed, Open, Berlin, Schliemann, Exchange)
Vienna Gambit
Queen's Gambit (QGD Lasker, Slav, QGA, Chigorin, Albin)
London System
English Opening

Black defences:

Sicilian Defence (Najdorf, Dragon, Sveshnikov, plus all the Anti-Sicilians)
French Defence (Winawer, Classical, Tarrasch, Advance)
Caro-Kann (Classical, Karpov, Advance, Exchange)
Scandinavian (Mieses, Modern, Pytel)
King's Indian Defence (Mar del Plata, Sämisch, Four Pawns, Fianchetto)

Drill any of them from either side. The opponent plays mainline theory while you focus on your moves.

Progress that sticks

Every opening tracks a high score per side. Build streaks of correct book moves, beat your record, get a small celebration when you do. Resume where you stopped on next launch.

Designed to be calm

Seven board palettes (dark brown, brown, green, teal, orange, blue, slate). Light and dark themes. Sharp vector board at any screen density. Wooden move sounds you can mute.

Built for your phone, not for our servers

Everything runs on-device. No account. No tracking pixels. No data leaves your phone except what's needed to show ads (optional, with a clear EU consent prompt where required by law).

Free to play with a daily refill of training lives. Watch an optional ad for a refill, or unlock unlimited play with a single purchase.

Recent changes:
The queen in the "Bold" piece set has a new design.
Titles in Persian, Hindi and Chinese now use a matching font.
Plus a few small fixes.