PuzzleMate — Chess Puzzles

PuzzleMate is a chess trainer with 500,000 chess puzzles offline – for players who want to study chess tactics seriously. Without trackers, without ad banners, without data collection. The complete chess puzzle database ships inside the app. After download, you never need an internet connection again. Nothing leaves your device.

Learn chess, solve mate puzzles, crack chess problems, master endgames and openings – all in an app that looks like a well-made book instead of a typical mobile game.

♚ DAILY CHESS PUZZLE
A new chess puzzle every day
Seven-day streak indicator
Daily puzzle stays available in your history

♛ ADAPTIVE CHESS ELO TRAINING
Glicko-2 ratings per tactical theme and opening category
Dynamic difficulty matched to your chess skill level
Transparent ELO changes after every solved chess puzzle
No black box – every rating change is explainable

♞ GHOST MODE – CHESS FROM MEMORY
Memorize the position for ten seconds, then the pieces vanish
Solve the chess puzzle from memory alone
Ten chess puzzles per session
Daily updated leaderboard
Didn't catch everything? 5-second peek budget per puzzle

♗ CHESS BOARD VISION TRAINER
Identify chess squares instantly on the board
Unlimited practice mode
60-second mode with its own daily leaderboard
Sharpens board awareness for real chess games

♜ YOUR COACH – PLAN AND PROGRESS
A short evaluation finds your weakest tactical motifs
From it the coach builds a daily plan at the volume you choose
Daily target, streak and an optional local reminder keep you going
Weekly, monthly and quarterly reports show your progress and ELO trend
The plan re-adjusts to your progress after every session

♝ WEAKNESS ANALYSIS
Your six weakest tactical motifs at a glance
ELO and solve rate per chess theme
Tap any theme to start targeted chess training instantly

♟ PROFILE & CHESS HISTORY
ELO progression graph over time
Calendar view of daily chess results
Complete history of every solved chess puzzle
Replay any daily puzzle with a single tap

♕ TWO TIERS OF ACCESS
Free version: 1,000 chess puzzles, daily allowance for puzzles, Ghost rounds and Vision practice
Pro version unlocks: over 500,000 chess puzzles, unlimited Ghost mode, unlimited Vision trainer
No ad banners, no advertising IDs, no in-app advertising
No sign-up, no account, no email address required

♔ DESIGN WITH CHARACTER
Editorial style instead of generic app aesthetics
Warm cream tones on near-black background
Georgia as both display and body font
Hairline separators instead of cards, no rounded corners
A chess app that reads like a 1970s textbook

♖ OFFLINE & DATA-MINIMAL
Complete chess puzzle database bundled with the app
No internet connection required after install
No trackers, no advertising IDs, no personal data shared with third parties

WHO IS PUZZLEMATE FOR?
For chess beginners who want a structured way to learn chess tactics. For club players between 1200 and 2000 ELO who want to close their tactical gaps. For advanced players who want to train visualization through Ghost mode. For anyone looking for a quiet, focused chess trainer without noise.

HOW DOES THE CHESS TRAINING WORK?
You start with an ELO rating per tactical theme (fork, skewer, discovered attack, mating nets, and more). After every solved chess puzzle, PuzzleMate adjusts the difficulty – correct solutions raise your ELO, mistakes lower it slightly. This way you always get chess puzzles right at your learning edge: hard enough to challenge you, manageable enough to see progress.

The Glicko-2 calculation considers not only success or failure, but also your confidence while solving. Solving a puzzle quickly and cleanly earns more ELO than reaching the solution after several failed attempts.

♘ COMMUNITY
Feedback, feature requests and bug reports welcome
Discord: https://discord.gg/KHPKXBKe7G

Languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.

Recent changes:

v2.2.0 — Mistake review, Puzzle Sprint & training reports

• New: Mistake review — puzzles you miss come back after 1, 3, 7 and 21 days until you've mastered them
• New: Puzzle Sprint — solve as many puzzles as you can in 3 or 5 minutes, three mistakes end the run
• New: Favorites — save puzzles with the heart and train them anytime
• Weekly, monthly and quarterly reports plus coach recommendations after every session
• Fixed: coach daily counter, session recap and underpromotion puzzles