# Chess Tactics for Beginners

> Chess Training

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1142551734](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1142551734)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1142551734`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Chess King
- **Category:** Board
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (1,043 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2018-01-18
- **First published:** 2016-09-06
- **Size:** 42 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-tactics-for-beginners/id1142551734)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://chessking.com/ios\_privacy\_policy.html](https://chessking.com/ios_privacy_policy.html)

## Description

This Chrome extension delivers the Chess Tactics for Beginners course as part of the Chess King Learn platform. Based on Sergey Ivashchenko’s best-selling material, it bundles 1300+ beginner drills with gradually increasing difficulty, from simple 1-, 2-, and 3-move tasks to full tactical puzzles.

With guided hints, explanations, and refutations for common mistakes, the program tracks your progress (ELO), lets you practice offline, and includes a free introductory part to test the app before buying—all designed to turn knowledge into practical play.

## Rankings

- #53,167 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for strong, well-structured beginner-friendly content that helps players improve and enjoy rich puzzles and courses. However, multiple reviews flag privacy/privacy-related clipboard behavior, bugs and a lack of updates, and a demoralizing, hard-to-disable ranking feedback system. Overall, the app is valued for learning value and content quality but raised concerns about privacy and reliability.

### Pros

- High-quality, structured learning content with progressively challenging puzzles.
- Learners report tangible improvement in chess skills (e.g., Elo gains) and better performance in games.
- Polished visuals and a smooth, well-presented user experience.
- Beginner-friendly with broad course material spanning openings, endgames, and middle games.

### Cons

- Privacy concerns: the app copies/pastes clipboard data on startup, raising data privacy worries.
- Bugs and reliability issues; users report quality problems and a lack of updates/maintenance.
- In-app performance feedback (instant rankings) can feel punitive and is not easily disabled.

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