Learn Chess: How to play chess Android
Learn Chess: How to play chess gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Learn Chess: How to play chess is #73 in Games › Board Free on Google Play in Russia and charting in 2 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperChess Improvement Apps
CategoryGames › Board
PriceFree
Released
Installs10k+
Rating★ 4.6 (1.4k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.6 ★
1.4k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#73
Games › Board FreeMeasured
Learn Chess: How to play chess on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.chessimprovement.learnchess
Publisher
Nikhil
Publisher country
India
Content rating
Everyone
Learn Chess: How to play chess downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Learn Chess: How to play chess's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | Games › BoardFree | #73 |
 Vietnam | Games › BoardFree | #126 |
Apps near Learn Chess: How to play chess on the chart
Games › Board Free, around #73.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
1.4k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.4k
Measured
Written reviews
3
Measured
About Learn Chess: How to play chess
🎯 NEW TO CHESS? START HERE!
Learn Chess is the perfect app for absolute beginners. Whether you've never touched a chess piece or just want to brush up on the basics, we'll guide you from zero to playing your first game.
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📚 LEARN STEP BY STEP
Our carefully designed curriculum takes you through everything:
• Meet the pieces - Learn what each piece is called and how it looks
• How pieces move - Master the movement of pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, queens, and kings
• Special moves - Understand castling, en passant, and pawn promotion
• Rules of the game - Learn check, checkmate, and stalemate
• Your first game - Put it all together and play!
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✨ FEATURES
🎮 Interactive Lessons
Don't just read - play! Every lesson has hands-on exercises where you move pieces on the board.
⭐ Track Your Progress
Earn stars for completing lessons and collect coins as you learn. Watch your journey unfold on the map!
🔥 Daily Streak
Build a practice habit with our streak system. Come back each day to keep your streak alive!
🤖 Practice vs Bot
Ready to play? Challenge our friendly Baby Bot designed to help beginners win their first games.
♟️ Free Play Mode
Experiment freely on a full chess board. Practice positions, try different moves, and learn at your own pace.
🔊 Voice Narration
Prefer listening? Turn on voice narration to have lesson instructions read aloud.
🌙 Dark Mode
Easy on the eyes with full dark mode support.
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🎓 DESIGNED FOR TRUE BEGINNERS
Unlike other chess apps that assume you already know the rules, Learn Chess starts from the very beginning. We explain everything clearly with no jargon, making chess
accessible to everyone.
Perfect for:
• Complete beginners who've never played
• Kids learning chess for the first time
• Adults who want to finally understand the game
• Anyone who tried learning chess before and got confused
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🚀 START YOUR CHESS JOURNEY TODAY
Chess is one of the world's most beloved games, played for over a thousand years. Join millions of players worldwide and discover why chess is called "the game of kings."
Download now and make your first move!
Learn Chess is the perfect app for absolute beginners. Whether you've never touched a chess piece or just want to brush up on the basics, we'll guide you from zero to playing your first game.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📚 LEARN STEP BY STEP
Our carefully designed curriculum takes you through everything:
• Meet the pieces - Learn what each piece is called and how it looks
• How pieces move - Master the movement of pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, queens, and kings
• Special moves - Understand castling, en passant, and pawn promotion
• Rules of the game - Learn check, checkmate, and stalemate
• Your first game - Put it all together and play!
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✨ FEATURES
🎮 Interactive Lessons
Don't just read - play! Every lesson has hands-on exercises where you move pieces on the board.
⭐ Track Your Progress
Earn stars for completing lessons and collect coins as you learn. Watch your journey unfold on the map!
🔥 Daily Streak
Build a practice habit with our streak system. Come back each day to keep your streak alive!
🤖 Practice vs Bot
Ready to play? Challenge our friendly Baby Bot designed to help beginners win their first games.
♟️ Free Play Mode
Experiment freely on a full chess board. Practice positions, try different moves, and learn at your own pace.
🔊 Voice Narration
Prefer listening? Turn on voice narration to have lesson instructions read aloud.
🌙 Dark Mode
Easy on the eyes with full dark mode support.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🎓 DESIGNED FOR TRUE BEGINNERS
Unlike other chess apps that assume you already know the rules, Learn Chess starts from the very beginning. We explain everything clearly with no jargon, making chess
accessible to everyone.
Perfect for:
• Complete beginners who've never played
• Kids learning chess for the first time
• Adults who want to finally understand the game
• Anyone who tried learning chess before and got confused
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🚀 START YOUR CHESS JOURNEY TODAY
Chess is one of the world's most beloved games, played for over a thousand years. Join millions of players worldwide and discover why chess is called "the game of kings."
Download now and make your first move!
What's new in 2.5
- Fixed lesson instructions in all languages so they match the board
- Smaller download size
- Smaller download size