Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) is a board app developed by Chess King.
Download Statistics
Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) has been downloaded 450 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2 thousand times.
User Ratings
Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) is rated 4.31 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 2.3 thousand ratings.
App Information
Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) is FREE to download. The APK download size is 21.57 MB. The latest version available is 5.8.2. The last update was on July 29, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play since December 2015.
Description
This is a perfect opening manual. It features a theoretical review of all the chess openings, which are illustrated by instructive games of the greatest chess players. This compact opening manual contains a detailed classification, which makes it useful to players of any level - beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Each opening variation is supplied with evaluations and characteristics of key moves. The history of the variations' development is described, as well as their current status. The theoretic material is nicely illustrated by classic games with detailed annotations that demonstrate the principal ideas and plans of each variation for White and Black. There is also a special training section with more than 350 exercises of various difficulty on more than 40 openings.
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. Rare variations 1.1. 1. g3, 1. b4, .. 1.2. 1. b3 1.3. 1. d4 1.4. 1. d4 Nf6 1.5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 2. Alekhine's defense 3. Benoni defense 4. Bird's opening 5. Bishop's opening 6. Blumenfeld counter-gambit 7. Bogo-Indian defense 8. Budapest gambit 9. Caro-Kann 10. Catalan system 11. Center gambit 12. Dutch defense 13. English opening 14. Evans gambit 15. Four knights' game 16. French defense 17. Grünfeld defense 18. Italian game & Hungarian defense 19. King's Indian defense 20. Latvian gambit 21. Nimzo-Indian defense 22. Nimzowitsch defense 23. Old Indian defense 24. Philidor's defense 25. Pirc-Robatsch defense 26. Queen's gambit 27. Queen's Indian defense 28. Queen's pawn game 29. Reti opening 30. Petrov's defense 31. Ruy Lopez 32. Scandinavian defense 33. Scotch gambit & Ponziani's opening 34. Scotch game 35. Sicilian defense 36. Three knights' game 37. Two knights' defense 38. Vienna game 39. Volga-Benko gambit 40. The complete course of openings
Recent changes: * Added Czech and Korean translations * Show solved puzzles count on the home screen * Show separate theory/practice/animation buttons for the courses contents to allow direct access * Show best and worst subtopics on the statistics screen * Increased board size in the landscape mode * Feel free to share your experience via the feedback! * Various fixes and improvements
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Comments on Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) for Android
★★★★☆Best Of The Best· May 20, 2021
Need more openings in app like London System etc. which are missing. Also, many famous Gambits are missing like Danish etc.
★★★★★Ryan Epley· Dec 13, 2023
The program sets a prepared board of a game in progress before walking the player through a prescribed set of moves. A player is allowed two mistakes before the program provides the answer. It provides hints after each mistake and a grade after each puzzle is completed. I run a few boards worth of puzzles and make sure to look for the 'aha' moment. It does not happen often, but it is a thrill when it does. Mostly I am happy when I remember the combination of moves without being corrected.
★★★★★Darling Hysa· Mar 10, 2025
I started study chess after our club champ was destroyed and has a spine fracture, he can hardly move but with no progress! Then I visited a 'muat thai' master of old school they use bishop opening only. After giving to him a lot of money he said to me the secret to be really tough ''Don't drink water'' he said. Time passed by and after ten months of drinking only milk and studying chess king I can beat any rugrat on Friday show. Anyhow I could not win against that guy again....
★★★★★Rakesh Shrestha· Oct 7, 2023
I am enjoying the training. I want to reset all app rating below 1300 and start all. I can reset the but only exercises done mark gets cleared. How to do.
★★☆☆☆Thomas Allein· Nov 24, 2020
Far from perfect. Difficult to use. The theoretical material is huge, but is badly organized. I thought it would look like a reference source, but it is unsuitable for that. Even Wikipedia is much better, more handy than this. Maybe good for puzzle-solving though.
★☆☆☆☆Mido Maged· Aug 19, 2021
Not the perfect opening manual as described and nit free either. The only free component is just a small part and doesn't include important opening, while the rest are paid and quite expensive too!
★☆☆☆☆Tibor Juhasz· Jul 9, 2023
I los5 against Carlsen. Did not work for me.
★☆☆☆☆Chris Sullivan· Sep 17, 2023
Ripp off. The only free content is worthless.
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Frequently asked questions about Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)
Is Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) free?
Yes. Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) is free to download from Google Play.
Is Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) still available?
Yes. Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) is on Google Play, and the last update we saw was on July 29, 2026.
Does Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) contain ads?
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How large is the Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) APK?
The Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) APK is 21.57 MB.
Is Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) suitable for children?
Google Play rates the content of Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) as suitable for everyone.
How many times has Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) been downloaded?
Google Play lists 100,000+ downloads for Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000).
How do people rate Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)?
Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) scores 4.31 out of 5 stars, from 2,318 ratings on Google Play.
Who made Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000)?
Chess Opening Lab (1400-2000) was developed by Chess King. It is listed in the board category on Google Play.
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