Chessie: Chess for Kids
Ad-free adventure & lessons
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your next move starts an adventure. Explore Expeditions, solve daily puzzles, bend the rules and make your own hero. No ads or in-app purchases.
Your next move starts an adventure.
Chessie brings chess to life through painted worlds, playful challenges and opponents with personality. Learn your first moves or find a new way to enjoy a game you already love. Everything is included: no ads, no marketing trackers and no in-app purchases.
EXPEDITIONS
Choose your companions and travel across five worlds. Play chess encounters, make choices at camp and help restore the Atlas. Your journey leads to a shared finale.
MORE WAYS TO PLAY
Explore the Book of Games, take on a horde of pawns, race your king or try chess with a surprising starting position. Play a regular game, practise in Sparring or continue a saved match.
LEARN AT YOUR PACE
Discover 22 interactive lessons, 250 puzzles and a daily challenge. Practise tactics, learn from mistakes and ask Chessie for help while you play.
MAKE IT YOURS
Create your own avatar and earn new looks, chess pieces, board themes and victory dances through play. Explore the original story adventure alongside Expeditions.
PLAY TOGETHER
Share one iPhone or iPad for a game, or invite someone you know to play online through Apple services. No open chat or matchmaking with strangers.
ROOM TO GROW
Stockfish powers opponents from beginner-friendly to challenging. Six player profiles, 33 languages, optional iCloud sync, read-aloud support and colourblind options help everyone find their own way to play. Solo play works offline.
Made with care by LED Games.
more Welcome to Chessie 3.1.0. Your next move starts a new adventure.
In Expeditions, you travel through five painted worlds with companions of your own choosing. Each chess encounter takes you further as you help restore the Atlas. Take your time, try a different approach and see where your team leads you.
That sense of adventure now reaches across Chessie. We have refreshed the menus, game boards, lessons and puzzles, made the controls more consistent and given rewards a little more occasion. The new avatar studio lets you see your choices as you create a hero of your own. There is even a celebration waiting at the end of your expedition.
Whether you come for a daily puzzle, a lesson, a surprising set of chess rules or a game together, we hope you enjoy finding your own way through Chessie. Everything is still included, with no ads or in-app purchases.
Thank you for playing and helping Chessie grow.
3.1.0 Oct 2
Welcome to Chessie 3.0. Your next move starts a new adventure.
In Expeditions, you travel through five painted worlds with companions of your own choosing. Each chess encounter takes you further as you help restore the Atlas. Take your time, try a different approach and see where your team leads you.
That sense of adventure now reaches across Chessie. We have refreshed the menus, game boards, lessons and puzzles, made the controls more consistent and given rewards a little more occasion. The new avatar studio lets you see your choices as you create a hero of your own. There is even a celebration waiting at the end of your expedition.
Whether you come for a daily puzzle, a lesson, a surprising set of chess rules or a game together, we hope you enjoy finding your own way through Chessie. Everything is still included, with no ads or in-app purchases.
Thank you for playing and helping Chessie grow.
3.0.3 Sep 16
Welcome to Chessie 3.0. Your next move starts a new adventure.
In Expeditions, you travel through five painted worlds with companions of your own choosing. Each chess encounter takes you further as you help restore the Atlas. Take your time, try a different approach and see where your team leads you.
That sense of adventure now reaches across Chessie. We have refreshed the menus, game boards, lessons and puzzles, made the controls more consistent and given rewards a little more occasion. The new avatar studio lets you see your choices as you create a hero of your own. There is even a celebration waiting at the end of your expedition.
Whether you come for a daily puzzle, a lesson, a surprising set of chess rules or a game together, we hope you enjoy finding your own way through Chessie. Everything is still included, with no ads or in-app purchases.
Thank you for playing and helping Chessie grow.
3.0.2 Sep 14
Welcome to Chessie 3.0. Your next move starts a new adventure.
In Expeditions, you travel through five painted worlds with companions of your own choosing. Each chess encounter takes you further as you help restore the Atlas. Take your time, try a different approach and see where your team leads you.
That sense of adventure now reaches across Chessie. We have refreshed the menus, game boards, lessons and puzzles, made the controls more consistent and given rewards a little more occasion. The new avatar studio lets you see your choices as you create a hero of your own. There is even a celebration waiting at the end of your expedition.
Whether you come for a daily puzzle, a lesson, a surprising set of chess rules or a game together, we hope you enjoy finding your own way through Chessie. Everything is still included, with no ads or in-app purchases.
Thank you for playing and helping Chessie grow.
3.0.1 Sep 12
Welcome to Chessie 3.0. Your next move starts a new adventure.
In Expeditions, you travel through five painted worlds with companions of your own choosing. Each chess encounter takes you further as you help restore the Atlas. Take your time, try a different approach and see where your team leads you.
That sense of adventure now reaches across Chessie. We have refreshed the menus, game boards, lessons and puzzles, made the controls more consistent and given rewards a little more occasion. The new avatar studio lets you see your choices as you create a hero of your own. There is even a celebration waiting at the end of your expedition.
Whether you come for a daily puzzle, a lesson, a surprising set of chess rules or a game together, we hope you enjoy finding your own way through Chessie. Everything is still included, with no ads or in-app purchases.
Thank you for playing and helping Chessie grow.
3.0.0 Sep 11
Chessie 2.3.0 helps you further along:
• Every kind of puzzle now has an overview with little boards and a suggested next puzzle
• Stuck on the daily puzzle? A hint shows the opening move, and only that one
• Online games can now run at 24 hours per move, so a match may take days
• An interrupted game of Play Together comes back exactly where you left it
• The Games Book points you at your next goal
• Screens change more calmly, and the settings are tidier
2.3.0 Sep 6
Chessie 2.2.2 adds five languages and fixes a crash.
• Chessie now speaks Ukrainian, Tamil, Hungarian, Romanian and Greek, 33 languages in all
• The board no longer crashes if you let go of a piece while it is closing
• Every setting explains itself, right there in its own row
• Sharper artwork everywhere, and a lighter app
• Screens change more calmly, and the background stays where it is
• Twenty languages speak better chess now, and Chessie no longer assumes whether you are a boy or a girl
2.2.2 Sep 3
Chessie 2.2.1 repairs the thing that stopped some children finishing an adventure level.
• An adventure level that refused to finish now finishes, and a save that got stuck repairs itself
• A game you already finished no longer waits for you in Saved games
• Back from a puzzle always lands on the overview, and the screen can fall asleep again
• The menu breathes with the season, over a snowy night by the fire
• Twelve new hand-painted pictures for the puzzle themes
• Settings say what they do, in all 28 languages
• The adventure talks back: a word when you find a good move, a nudge when you get stuck
• Every opponent now has their own character, and none of them plays harder than before
• Locked rewards explain how to unlock them with a single tap
• A friend's invite waits until your lesson or game is finished
• Three stars in the pawn endgame no longer need a perfect game
• Victory dances always play in full
2.2.1 Aug 30
Chessie 2.2 makes the whole app a little kinder.
• The adventure talks back: a word when you find a good move, a nudge when you get stuck
• Every opponent now has their own character, and none of them plays harder than before
• Locked rewards explain how to unlock them with a single tap
• A friend's invite waits until your lesson or game is finished
• Two puzzles that left you worse off than you started have been replaced
• Three stars in the pawn endgame no longer need a perfect game
• Victory dances always play in full
• Bonus XP can no longer go missing between your devices
• Online games recover instead of freezing
• Hundreds of wording and translation fixes across all 28 languages
• The app opens straight into the menu and takes up less space
• The Family Cup has been retired for now
2.2.0 Aug 28
Chessie 2.1 opens the Book of Games:
• A playful Book of Games for chess variants and hand-built starts
• Kid-friendly variants: Horde, Antichess, Racing Kings and Lonely King
• Hand-built games with fun starting positions and playful rules
• Richer worlds, cleaner boards and clearer result screens
• Daily puzzle, coaching and analysis polish
• Pass-and-play with friends on one device
• Fixes across multiplayer, puzzles, music and board behavior
• Fixed: a solved puzzle counts again and your stars are saved
• Fixed: boss battles finish properly and the celebration fills the screen
• Fixed: puzzles stay in the category you picked
• Every sparring setup now reads in your own language
• The Lonely King can now actually be won
• Fixed: puzzles no longer get stuck after opening settings
2.1.2 Aug 25
Chessie 2.1 opens the Book of Games:
• A playful Book of Games for chess variants and hand-built starts
• Kid-friendly variants: Horde, Antichess, Racing Kings and Lonely King
• Hand-built games with fun starting positions and playful rules
• Richer worlds, cleaner boards and clearer result screens
• Daily puzzle, coaching and analysis polish
• Pass-and-play with friends on one device
• Fixes across multiplayer, puzzles, music and board behavior
• Fixed: a solved puzzle counts again and your stars are saved
2.1.1 Aug 21
Chessie 2.1 opens the Book of Games:
• A playful Book of Games for chess variants and hand-built starts
• Kid-friendly variants: Horde, Antichess, Racing Kings and Lonely King
• Hand-built games with fun starting positions and playful rules
• Richer worlds, cleaner boards and clearer result screens
• Daily puzzle, coaching and analysis polish
• Pass-and-play with friends on one device
• Fixes across multiplayer, puzzles, music and board behavior
2.1.0 Aug 19
Chessie 2.0 opens the Book of Games:
• A playful Book of Games for chess variants and hand-built starts
• Kid-friendly variants: Horde, Antichess, Racing Kings and Lonely King
• Hand-built games with fun starting positions and playful rules
• Richer worlds, cleaner boards and clearer result screens
• Daily puzzle, coaching and analysis polish
• Pass-and-play with friends on one device
• Fixes across multiplayer, puzzles, music and board behavior
2.0.1 Jul 10
Chessie 2.0 opens the Book of Games:
• A playful new hub for adventure, lessons, puzzles and game modes
• Kid-friendly variants: Horde, Antichess, Racing Kings and Lonely King
• Custom games with fun starting positions and flexible rules
• Richer worlds, cleaner boards and clearer result screens
• Daily puzzle, coaching and analysis polish
• Pass-and-play with friends on one device
• Fixes across multiplayer, puzzles, music and board behavior
2.0 Jul 1
• 10 new Crazy Chess levels added
• New bugs found and checkmated
1.1.1 Jun 17
• 10 new Crazy Chess levels added
• New bugs found and checkmated
1.1 May 13
• Still a completely FREE premium chess game
• Now with even more beautiful clothes for your avatar, more lively opponents, and a few less bugs
• Online multiplayer: new 24-hour-per-move mode for slow correspondence games
1.0.7 May 2
• Still a completely FREE premium chess game
• Now with even more beautiful clothes for your avatar, more lively opponents, and a few less bugs
• Online multiplayer: new 24-hour-per-move mode for slow correspondence games
1.0.6 Apr 29
• Still a completely FREE premium chess game
• Now with even more beautiful clothes for your avatar, more lively opponents, and a few less bugs
• Online multiplayer: new 24-hour-per-move mode for slow correspondence games
1.0.5 Apr 29
• Still a completely FREE premium chess game
• Now with even more beautiful clothes for your avatar, more lively opponents, and a few less bugs
• Online multiplayer: new 24-hour-per-move mode for slow correspondence games
1.0.4 Apr 29
• Still a completely FREE premium chess game
• Now with even more beautiful clothes for your avatar, more lively opponents, and a few less bugs
1.0.3 Apr 24
• Achievements and leaderboards are now live in Game Center
• Collect badges and climb the global rankings
• Time to prove who's the real chess player in the house
1.0.2 Apr 24
• Faster startup
• Online multiplayer now clearly shows when you're offline
• Small fixes and improvements
1.0.1 Apr 23
Welcome to Chessie 3.1.0. Your next move starts a new adventure.
In Expeditions, you travel through five painted worlds with companions of your own choosing. Each chess encounter takes you further as you help restore the Atlas. Take your time, try a different approach and see where your team leads you.
That sense of adventure now reaches across Chessie. We have refreshed the menus, game boards, lessons and puzzles, made the controls more consistent and given rewards a little more occasion. The new avatar studio lets you see your choices as you create a hero of your own. There is even a celebration waiting at the end of your expedition.
Whether you come for a daily puzzle, a lesson, a surprising set of chess rules or a game together, we hope you enjoy finding your own way through Chessie. Everything is still included, with no ads or in-app purchases.
Thank you for playing and helping Chessie grow.
more Version 3.1.0 Oct 2
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