Join 500,000+ chess learners. Now with the Foundations course and instant game analysis, on top of 150+ openings and endgame lessons.
Learn chess the fast way. Lotus Chess teaches you 150+ openings, analyses your games instantly and shows you how to close out endgames, in just a few minutes a day.
From complete beginners to 2300 Elo players. Rated 4.8/5.
Most apps teach engine-perfect theory. Lotus Chess teaches the lines that win against real people.
OPENINGS, BUILT FROM YOUR GAMES
• Connect Chess.com or Lichess and get a personal opening course from your own games
• Learn 150+ openings for White and Black
• Train every line hands-on until it becomes natural
• Lines picked from 100,000,000+ games for the best winning chances against real players
FOUNDATIONS: LEARN CHESS FROM SCRATCH
• New to chess? Start with the rules and basic ideas, step by step
• 150+ short, interactive lessons, no experience needed
INSTANT GAME ANALYSIS
• See your accuracy for every game
• Find your mistakes and blunders, move by move
• Understand exactly where you lost the game
ENDGAMES
• 60+ lessons, from basic checkmates to advanced techniques
• 180+ positions to play out against a human-like engine
• Learn to close out winning positions
DAILY WORKOUT
• A personal training plan, ready every day
• Build a daily chess habit with streaks
• 100,000+ chess puzzles that match your level
• Opening and endgame lessons work offline
FREE AND PRO
Start for free:
• The first section of Foundations and Endgames
• The first 2 sections and 2 crushing lines of every opening
• 10 puzzles and 1 game analysis per day
Lotus Chess Pro unlocks everything:
• All openings, sections and crushing lines
• The full Foundations and Endgame courses, with all training positions
• Unlimited puzzles and game analysis
Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings.
BUILT BY CHESS PLAYERS
Lotus Chess was created by two brothers who started playing chess at age four. After building Math42, a math learning app with over 6 million downloads, they set out to build the best way to learn chess.
Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://www.lotus-chess.com/privacy-policy
I normally use Chessable when it comes to learning openings, but sometimes Chessable is a little “to much “ and unintuitive. LotusChess has developed a way to strengthen areas I’ve been struggling with that I wasn’t able to solve with Chessable. And it seems really geared towards helping you review your pitfalls over selling you stuff. Also, this app isn’t forcing you to break out your wallet every other second. REFRESHING!!! There are other reasons I use this tool over Chessable, but these are the main reasons. Great tool guys, please keep this app/tool up-to-date and fresh!!!
Revolutionary Chess Training at an Unbelievable Price
LukeBallmer
I have been praying for a trainer like Lotus Chess. I am a beginner who has paid for several chess programs and watched hours of content without the results I could tell were possible. Lotus Chess blows everyone else out of the water at a fraction of the price. It makes learning Chess engaging, simple, and clear at every level of the game. I can see myself putting countless hours into training on this app. I couldn’t be more impressed or grateful.
If you like memorizing
Xyz883638
I love the idea of practicing all the opening until you know them, but the review of just jumping straight to a random position in whatever opening you are studying isn't helpful for me to learn in any way other than memorizing positions.If I could somehow see the moves leading up to it (by maybe pressing a button) I feel like it would be a big help.I will say that using this app in conjunction with other apps that show the theory is helpful but annoying to not have even "show me last three moves" option that I would definitely have over a game.
Developer Response
Hi, thanks. Showing the line that led to a flashcard position is something we want to improve.Lotus Chess Team
Waste of money
BR<vortex>
This app is a total waste of time and money if you are trying to learn openings. There’s no explanation to why you need to make a move. There are “Course”, “Crushing” and “Variations” tabs in the app. None of them actually show the right moves or explain why they are the correct ones. It just keeps saying “Make the move you learned”. Where can I learn the moves? I can’t find where I can review the correct moves that I learned a while ago. And I keep getting wrong moves because I don’t remember which one are correct. I’ve looked everywhere.It’s like a guessing game. It’s extremely frustrating. I bought it a yearly subscription and now regret it. I won’t be renewing it for sure.
Developer Response
Hi, sorry for the frustration. You can go back to the lines you've studied and review them, but there's no overview of the exact moves you've learned. That's a fair point, since it makes finding a specific move slower.Lotus Chess Team
What's new in 3.1.0
• Connect your Lichess and Chess.com accounts at the same time
• New languages: Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Greek and Traditional Chinese, plus improved translations
• Translated opening names
• Full VoiceOver support
• Share puzzles and your games with other Lotus Chess users
Version 3.1.0
The developer, Lotus Chess UG, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
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The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
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Information
Seller
Lotus Chess UG (haftungsbeschrankt)
Size
240.4 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
