Chess Tutor app for iPhone and iPad
Chess Tutor has been specifically developed for new chess players. It can take you through from complete novice to a good chess player. It makes learning and developing in chess fun by a range of tutorials, mini-games and puzzles that hone skills before the full chess game is tackled. Of course, you can just play it at chess if you please!
The main features are:
>Tutor Levels
- How pieces move
- The rules of the game
- Special moves such as forks, pins, skewers and en-passant
- Practice challenges to be completed in less than 1 minute
- Puzzles
- Can you check mate in as few moves as challenged
- Ranging from beginner to advanced
- Complete puzzles to unlock more
> Minigames
- Play games against the computer
- Games for beginners and more experienced players
- Games that teach end game techniques and practice specific pieces
- Complete games to unlock more games and challenges
> Challenges
- Challenge style puzzles
- Puzzles for beginners and more advanced players
- The famous "Knights Tour" puzzle
> Play Chess
- Computer opponent with 5 levels of difficulty
- 3 piece sets to choose from
- 3 board colours
- animated pieces
- Sounds
- Undo/take back
- Play White or Black
- Integrated opening book
Latest reviews of Chess Tutor app for iPhone and iPad
I found the app working very well, giving you the feel of what playing chess is all about even while just learning the moves of the different pieces. However, I miss solutions of the puzzles, right now I am stuck on Puzzle 5 and no one has been able to help me out. A glitch maybe?
It is cheap. But it is not a tutor! It offers few quizzes and few short games. Does not teach you much. No single lesson. Where are tactics, gambits, even basic strategies. Youtube offers much more for free. Not worth money.
Puzzle 5 is wrong plus bad menu navigation.
This app does not even try to teach you any methods or strategies but simply beats you every time not explaining what you should or could have done. A true waste! There are much better chess apps that are FREE$$$.