Rated 4.8 from over 27,000 reviews
For players from their first move to club level: openings, endgames and tactics, a few minutes a day.
Lotus Chess was created by two brothers, Raphael and Maxim Nitsche, who started playing chess at the age of four. After building MATH 42, a maths learning app reaching over 7 million students across the world, they set out to build the best way to learn chess.
From your very first move to club level, Lotus trains every part of your game, and every exercise adapts to you.
New to chess? 150+ short, interactive lessons take you from how the pieces move to your first real games.
150+ openings for white and black. Connect Chess.com or Lichess and your course is built from your own games.
60+ lessons, from basic checkmates to advanced technique, and 180+ positions to play out against a human-like engine.
100,000+ puzzles that match your level, with one puzzle rating that moves up with every solve.
See your accuracy for every online game. Lotus finds your mistakes move by move and shows where the game was lost.
Rated games against people at your level, any time of day. Every game lands in Lotus, ready to learn from.
Whether you're learning the game from scratch, building your openings or learning to win endgames, each course is designed around how that part of chess is best learned, so it shows in your real games.
Lotus analyses every opening you've actually played and tells you which course to focus on first, so you progress as quickly as possible.
Once the main line sits, go deeper into each opening with its variations, one at a time.
Opening and endgame lessons work without a connection, on the train or at the club.
A daily streak keeps your training going, a few minutes a day.
Five people building the best way to learn chess.
Lotus Chess Nigeria is the chess school Abdul, a chess teacher in Nigeria, runs for children. We support it with boards, clocks and the teachers' pay.
I tried books, tried to create my own studies, but neither worked as well as Lotus Chess for my opening prep. I consistently get through the opening in decent shape.
I am a pure beginner and in the space of 20 minutes I have already learnt the most common openings for white.
The app forces you to make moves you were not getting right: again and again… until you start understanding the complexities of the position.
Pretty happy with Lotus Chess, I love how you get tailored advice based off your actual games. Highly recommended
Don’t often leave reviews but this app has been amazing for learning openings. Highly recommend anyone learning chess to try this app and practice a few lines
Exactly what I was looking for. It takes meta analysis of all your games and gives you suggestions based on data.
Been playing for 30 odd years and found it easier to follow sequences of chess openings with the app
I like that it teaches you step by step how to improve with many exercises and tons of practice.
Fascinating learning methodology to learn quickly and effectively.
This app is really helpful for learning chess openings, I’ve just been studying the Catalan and the app makes it quite easy. Highly recommend!
Super helpful for a beginner to learn openings and recall moves from memory
Love the learning in this app. I feel more confident to play other lines I have never been able to play before.
Same app, same training. Pro unlocks everything, and you can cancel any time.
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That's $4.17 a month, 58% less than paying monthly.
Prices in USD as listed on the App Store; local prices may differ. Pro renews automatically until you cancel.
Download Lotus Chess and start your first lesson in under a minute. iPhone, iPad and Android.
Lotus Chess Nigeria is the chess school Abdul, a chess teacher in Nigeria, runs for children. Lotus Chess supports it with boards, clocks and the teachers' pay, and you can too.
