ChessLab: Openings & Puzzles

Learn chess openings, puzzles

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

ChessLab is a complete chess trainer, a chess game, and — new — a reel studio that turns your games into videos. Study 10,000+ openings, solve 11,000+ puzzles, play Stockfish across 7 skill levels, and share your best move as a vertical video built for Reels, Shorts and TikTok. Works offline. From your first move to grandmaster strategy — ad-free with Premium. NEW: AI REEL STUDIO Paste a PGN. The engine finds the moment worth watching and builds a vertical video around it. • AI picks the key move and writes the title • Cinematic effects — pieces slam, the board reacts, the camera follows • Frame-by-frame camera control: your own zooms, shot lengths and cuts • Move call-outs (BRILLIANT, BLUNDER) in five text styles and three sizes • Any colour you like — presets or a full colour picker • Title and end cards you can restyle, resize or switch off • Lay your own music under it, and pick which part of the track to use • Move sounds mixed into the exported file • Build reels from your game, a famous game, or a puzzle PLAY CHESS • Play vs AI — 7 ELO-tuned levels: • Beginner Bot I (500) — Learn the basics • Beginner Bot II (900) • Intermediate (1300) • Advanced (1700) • Expert (2000) — Club strength • Master (2400) • Grand Master (2700) — Powered by Stockfish • Play vs Friends — Pass-and-play on one device, offline • Play Online — Challenge real players in live matches • Board Editor — Set up any position and play it against the engine CHESS OPENINGS Study 10,000+ openings covering every ECO code: • Ruy Lopez • Sicilian Defense • French Defense • Caro-Kann Defense • King's Indian Defense • Queen's Gambit • Italian Game • English Opening • Hundreds more Every opening includes move-by-move PGN playback. GAMBITS Aggressive opening traps and attacks: • Halloween Gambit • Scotch Gambit • Englund Gambit • King's Gambit • Benko Gambit • Many more TACTICS & PUZZLES 11,000+ puzzles in 57 themed sets, so you can drill one pattern until it sticks: • Checkmate Patterns — back rank, smothered, Anastasia's, Arabian, 18 in all • Tactical Motifs — pins, deflection, discovered attack, 19 in all • Attacking Play, Special Moves, Game Phase • Mate in 2 and Mate in 3 • Endgames — pawn, rook, bishop, knight and queen Daily practice is one of the fastest ways to raise your rating. COURSE A structured path from zero to grandmaster — the fundamentals in order, so you never have to guess what to learn next. GAME REVIEW & ANALYSIS • Import any PGN • Stockfish analysis, entirely on your device • Ten grades: Brilliant, Great, Best, Excellent, Good, Book, Inaccuracy, Mistake, Miss, Blunder • Sacrifices and only-moves recognised, opening theory marked as book • See what you should have played • Share games as PGN, or turn one straight into a reel GAME STATS & PERFORMANCE Connect your Chess.com or Lichess account: • Rapid, Blitz, Bullet & Classical ratings • Win / Draw / Loss breakdown • Current & Peak ELO, with rating history graphs • Best & worst openings vs database averages • Common mistakes and phase-by-phase weaknesses • Toughest opponents and best-ever wins GRANDMASTER GAME LIBRARY Replay legendary games from Carlsen, Kasparov, Fischer, Anand, Nakamura, Gukesh, Tal, Capablanca, Karpov, Alekhine, Morphy and Judit Polgar — plus World Championship archives. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE • 40 piece sets • 64 board themes • 6 sound themes • Dark Mode • Undo / Redo during practice WHO IT'S FOR Beginners learning the rules, club players (800–1500), intermediate (1500–2000), advanced (2000+), and anyone who wants to play offline. Everything except online play and imported stats works with no internet. Download ChessLab and start improving — one move at a time.

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Introducing new chess edits template in reel section.

Version 2.0.70

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Information

Seller
Aman Singh
Size
171.3 MB
Category
Board
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.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© Aman Singh
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