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24 alternatives to WizChess

Online chess classes for kids (ages 5–15)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 250 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

    2011 · multiplayerchess.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Online Chess Academy, Live Lessons and Free Recordings!

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    3Chess▲106

    Play three player chess online free for web and mobile

    2023 · 3-chess.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn to be a better Chess player, playable in your browser

    2017 · halfchess.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…

    2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →

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    GoChess▲173

    The most powerful Chess board ever invented

    2023 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Aimchess▲129

    Learn chess your way with AI tools and data driven approach.

    2020 · aimchess.com · its alternatives →

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    A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9LB

    I made this basic website for my daughter (6) to learn how to move chess pieces. I wanted a simple game which didn't have all the rules, just how to get from A to B with a piece. Admittedly, as soon as I made this a friend pointed out https://lichess.org/learn which is really nice! There are a bunch of settings you can tweak to set the difficulty etc. Anyway, maybe will be a fun (short) diversion.

    2025 · minichessgames.com · its alternatives →

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    Chess Kids Academy

    2022 · summitschoolofchess.com · its alternatives →

  11. 11KT

    The game is vanilla JS, with SVG for graphics. Written for the js13kGames coding competition. Notes on the game design: https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net/king-thirteen

    2024 · js13kgames.com · its alternatives →

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    Free chess experience for anyone, anywhere.

    2017 · lichess.org · its alternatives →

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    Chess pattern training. No timers, no streaks, no ratings.

    Jun 2026 · boxwoodchess.com · its alternatives →

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    Kids play offline chess and learn. Different strength levels

    2021 · metatransapps.com · its alternatives →

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    Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training

    Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    blunderchess.net is an open source, peer-to-peer chess app where every five moves, players each get to make one blunder-move for their opponent

    2025 · blunderchess.net · its alternatives →

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    Easily explore, analyse and practice chess openings

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    A virtual chess gym for everyone

    2022 · chesstent.com · its alternatives →

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    A fun and free way to learn chess.

    2014 · chesscademy.com · its alternatives →

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    I've been playing chess for a few years with my ELO stuck around 1600 on Lichess. I wanted an app that combined puzzle training, interactive lessons, game analysis, and AI coaching in one place. But all the apps I used over the years either felt overwhelming, had UX that wasn't up to my expectations for a modern app or were lacking some fundamental features that I really wanted. So, I built LearnChess.ai. The technical angle I'm most excited about: it's built local-first using LiveStore (event-sourced, SQLite on-device), which means zero loading delays for user data and full offline support.…

    Jul 2026 · learnchess.ai · its alternatives →

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    Free browser chess for kids — no signup, no ads in the way

    May 2026 · spinthecrocodile.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22CE

    We built ChessBoss at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this week. It didn’t make the top 10 but I thought Hacker News might think it’s pretty cool. https://devpost.com/software/chess-boss There are these really cool smart chessboards that can suggest moves and track your games... but they’re $400 and weigh 19 pounds. And of course there are apps that can analyze games but tracking and inputting games by hand is a huge pain. Or fully-digital chess apps... but board games are way more fun in real life! We wondered: “why can’t you just do that in software and bring the best…

    2019 · devpost.com · its alternatives →

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    Play Chess Online. No Sign-Up. No Ratings. Just Play.

    Aug 2026 · gmchess.online · its alternatives →

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    A simple chess app built for kids who can't read yet

    Jul 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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