The chess adventure for kids
Explore seven magical worlds and befriend 35 Chess Monsters! With a complete beginner curriculum, a friendly coach for every move, and a safe space where mistakes become fun lessons, learning chess has never been this exciting.
Designed around how kids learn
Every screen, lesson and game is built for how children play, think and grow.
- ♪No reading needed
Everything is read aloud and shown on the board.
- ✓Early wins
The first monsters are easy to beat, so confidence comes first.
- !Mistakes are safe
Tock warns before a piece is lost, and takebacks are always allowed.
- ◷Short sessions
Lessons take a few minutes and early games stay short.
- ♥Friends, not enemies
Beaten monsters join your band.
- ⌂Safe by design
No ads, no chat, nothing sold to kids.
Look! Your bishop and your knight are both aiming at f7, and only the king is guarding it.
Tock points out ideas on the real board, right when they matter.
Seven worlds, one complete chess journey
From the first pawn move to rook endgames. Each world focuses on new skills, taught in short lessons and then put to work in games against the Chess Monsters.
Focus: learn the basics and how the pieces move, then capturing, piece values, the centre, check and first checkmates.
Focus: safe moves, castling, stopping Scholar's Mate, promotion and knight forks.
Focus: the big tactics, forks, pins, skewers and spotting threats.
Focus: endgame technique, basic checkmates, king and pawn endings and discovered attacks.
Focus: combinations, deflection, decoys, overloading and famous mating patterns.
Focus: openings, middlegame plans, attacking the king and the key rook endgames.
Focus: strategy, pawn structure, zugzwang and calculating ahead.
Every concept, tactic and strategy, with board examples.
ExploreHow children learn in ChessMons
Six piece lessons: how the pawn, rook, bishop, knight, queen and king move.
The adventure saga182 levels across 7 worlds: 70 lessons and 112 games against the ChessMons.
The SchoolCourses on every topic, from the rules to tactics, openings and endgames, with 50,000+ puzzles.
Today's 3Three quick daily puzzles that bring back what your child learned a few days earlier.
Built for small hands and short attention spans
Lessons and puzzles are tuned by age, from first moves for the youngest to club-level ideas for older kids.
Every instruction is read aloud, so children who can't read yet can still play.
"Today's 3" is a quick daily routine that brings back what your child learned earlier.
Progress is something you can hear: the band and its song grow with every win.
Every great chess player started with one small move.
Monster Meadow, all the basics and Tock's help are free forever. One Family Pass opens everything for up to four children.
Chess tips for families
Short, practical reads about chess and how children learn it.