Chess for Kids - Play & Learn

In-app purchases
4.6
17.6K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Teacher Approved
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this game

Learn to play chess with our beginner-friendly ChessKid app! Enjoy free chess games online and offline. Play with friends or challenge the chess bots and play chess against a computer!

Play chess the fun way with the ultimate chess app for kids — and for parents and coaches too! Learn both basic rules and advanced strategies of the world's greatest brain game, all with an app that is AD-FREE and 100% SAFE for kids. Learn valuable chess moves from self-teaching chess tutorials.

CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join chess tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe. Chess practice makes you better.

Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow chess
- Fast chess

It is up to you to decide.

Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!

CHESS COMMUNITY
- ChessKid is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play chess for FREE with kids from around the world and join an amazing community of more than 50,000 players enjoying ChessKid games every month.
- Over 500,000 chess games are played each month by more than 200,000 active ChessKid users.

PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny chess bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves. Make chess practice part of your daily routine.

CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.

CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, chess tactics, openings, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy chess with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching chess and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable chess player. Learn from the best chess tutorials.

Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, شطرنج … no matter the language, no matter the name, chess is the world’s best strategy game.

Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.

ChessKid is the best app for kids who strive to get better at chess. With our app, mastering chess will never be boring. Our funny cartoon characters serve as chess trainers and help you become a chess pro. Join the ChessKid family today!

ABOUT CHESSKID:
ChessKid is built by Chess.com - #1 in chess online.
ChessKid is the #1 scholastic chess app.
ChessKid is trusted by over 2,000 schools and 3 million kids worldwide.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChessKidcom
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chesskidcom
Updated on
May 21, 2025
Available on
Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Financial info, and App activity
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
12.7K reviews
Aniket Siddhaye
July 5, 2025
The app is good and my 6 year old picked up a few moves faster than what I would have taught him. The pass and play part is mostly good. For the downsides, I cannot find or add any of my kid's friends online so he doesn't get to play with them unless they visit. Also, puzzles without a clear objective is not what a kid is expected to solve (and some of the puzzle solutions are not even the best move). The puzzles vary between one/two step moves and something that needs six steps.
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Chess.com
July 8, 2025
Thank you for this feedback. Kids can challenge their friends to Slow Chess games by tapping on their avatar on the app, then tapping on one of their friends' avatars. We're working to add Live Chess friendly challenges on the app! We'll also review Puzzle functionality, since Puzzle solutions with equivalent moves can be confusing.
Stephen Benning
June 1, 2025
The new Puzzles UI prevents learning and maximal board view. Instead of giving a single hint, it now solves an entire puzzle if you ask for a hint. This, it is impossible to step through a puzzle to learn after a single error. Furthermore, my son (with a walrus avatar) has a board so small it's almost impossible for him to click on the right square. My adult human male avatar does not have this problem. Please revert the Puzzles UI to its previous state to allow learning on a full-size board.
3 people found this review helpful
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Chess.com
June 2, 2025
Thank you for this detailed feedback on Puzzle hints as well as display changes based on avatar. Our team will review this and work on optimizations!
BeanMan
July 20, 2025
Good as chess. Com and lichess, but i want to know why there is no way to analyse games for android, there is no analysis button on completed games, that's all that is needed for a 5 star review
2 people found this review helpful
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Chess.com
July 22, 2025
Thank you for this feedback. The Game Review feature is available to analyze your games on the ChessKid.com website, and we hope to add this feature on the app as well in the future!

What’s new

Hello, ChessKids! Here is what we brought you this time:
- Enjoy a smoother and more fun fast chess experience
- Challenge your friends to a game straight from the Play screen!
- Dive into our refreshed puzzles to sharpen your chess skills even further
- Star Wheel is here! Spin to earn stars
- Bugfixes and improvements

Play on PC

Play this game on your Windows PC with Google Play Games beta

Official Google experience

Bigger screen

Level up with improved controls

Seamless sync across devices*

Earn Google Play Points

Minimum requirements

  • OS: Windows 10 (v2004)
  • Storage: Solid state drive (SSD) with 10 GB of available storage space
  • Graphics: IntelⓇ UHD Graphics 630 GPU or comparable
  • Processor: 4 CPU physical cores
  • Memory: 8 GB of RAM
  • Windows admin account
  • Hardware virtualization must be turned on

To learn more about these requirements, visit the Help Center

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*Might not be available for this game

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About the developer
Chess.Com, LLC
support@chess.com
877 E 1200 S Unit 970397 Orem, UT 84097 United States
+1 801-613-1589

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