CrunchChess
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Daily chess training for kids

Just 15 minutes a day.
Fewer blunders. Smarter, more confident games.

Coaches teach the ideas. Consistent practice is what makes them stick. CrunchChess is that practice: a structured 15 minutes a day, with a coach or on their own.

Free 7-day trial • No credit card required

Not random puzzles. A system that explains every mistake clearly, so kids actually stick with it.

The gap between lessons

Your coach teaches the lesson. CrunchChess trains the other six days.

A coaching lesson plants the ideas, but those ideas only turn into improvement with consistent practice afterward. CrunchChess gives your child that practice: a structured 15 minutes a day on the days a coach isn’t there.

Lesson day

A coach or class introduces a new idea and points the way, once or twice a week.

The other days

Without a structured plan, practice often becomes random puzzles, a few quick games, or an inconsistent week. Good ideas fade when they aren’t reinforced.

Every day with CrunchChess

A short, structured session that reinforces what they’re learning and fixes the mistakes holding them back.

No coach yet? CrunchChess is a complete daily plan on its own.

What training looks like

See exactly what your child sees.

This is the Arena, where your child trains each day: a real position, Coach Victor’s guidance, and the mistake explained until it sticks.

White to play

Coach Victor

“We’ve seen this one before. Let’s solve it clean this time.”

HintVoice

Today’s training

Today’s training is earned.

10 puzzles done today. Every extra one makes them stronger.

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For parents

See the report parents receive.

Every week, a short email summary lands in your inbox. No chess knowledge needed to read it.

  • Training consistencyHow many days your child trained this week and this month.
  • Improvement trendsWhere they are getting stronger over time, in plain terms.
  • Current focus areasThe skill the daily plan is working on right now.
  • Areas needing attentionWhat is still shaky, so you know where the effort is going.
Example report
Weekly ReportSent every Sunday

Aanya

Pawn · Level 4

5
training days
90
puzzles
18m
avg session
ImprovingSpot Free Captures
Current focusCheckmate Patterns
Keep an eye onslowing down on tricky positions

Illustration of the weekly summary. Real reports use your child’s own training.

Monthly status

Consistency you can both see

Improvement comes from showing up, not cramming. Your child earns a day just by finishing their Daily Training, and the more days in a month, the higher the status they carry into the next.

Bronze

10 days a month

Silver

15 days a month

Gold

20 days a month

Platinum

25 days a month

Earned by showing up, not a score that can be gamed.

Consistency beats intensity. You see the commitment; they chase the next rank.

Win more, lose less

Most chess apps teach children to solve puzzles. CrunchChess helps them stop making the same mistakes.

Puzzles keep a child busy. But games are lost by the same few mistakes made again and again: a piece left undefended, a threat missed, or the same slip as last week. CrunchChess finds those repeated mistakes, explains each one in plain language, and brings it back until it stops. The goal isn’t solving more puzzles. It’s the same mistake not happening again.

Random puzzles

  • Keeps your child busy
  • One position after another, no plan
  • Tells you if they found it
  • Yesterday’s mistake never comes back

CrunchChess

  • Builds a daily habit that sticks
  • A structured plan, matched to your child
  • Explains why a move was missed
  • The same mistake returns until it’s fixed

Both keep a child busy. Only one stops the mistakes that keep costing games.

Parent-friendly by design

Built for children.

A calm place to train, none of the distractions or risks of the open internet.

No public chat
No advertisements
No social feeds
Parent-linked accounts
Progress visible to parents
Designed for focused training

Common questions

Before you start your trial.

It is built for kids from about age 6 through teenage tournament players. The puzzles adapt to each child, so beginners and stronger juniors both get the right level.

More questions? See the full FAQ on pricing →

Help your child train smarter, every day.

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