Daily Chess Puzzle Challenge
A fresh chess puzzle every day. Three difficulty tiers, an Elo-style rating, streaks, milestone badges and beautiful boards. Free on iPhone, iPad and Android — works offline.
Train your chess brain — one puzzle at a time.
Daily Chess Puzzle Challenge delivers a fresh tactics problem every day. Find the best moves, build your streak, and watch your rating climb. Whether you're a beginner learning forks and pins or an experienced player tackling advanced combinations, it scales with you.
Thousands of puzzles ship with the app — no internet connection needed to play.
A daily ritual,
backed by thousands of puzzles.
Solve one puzzle a day to keep your streak alive — then play as many extras as you like.
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Daily challenge
A fresh puzzle every day. Solve it to keep your streak alive and earn milestone badges.
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Extra puzzles
Already solved today's? Play unlimited extra puzzles at any difficulty.
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Works offline
Thousands of puzzles bundled in the app. No internet connection needed.
Three tiers,
one rating that follows you.
Pick a level. Your puzzle rating adapts to your performance.
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EASY
Forks & pins
Basic tactics to get you started. Perfect for beginners learning forks, pins and skewers.
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MEDIUM
Multi-move combinations
Intermediate challenges that test your skills. Combinations requiring deeper calculation.
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HARD
Advanced combinations
For experienced players. Complex positions that push your tactical limits.
Track your improvement.
An honest read on your tactical sharpness, week by week.
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Puzzle rating
An Elo-style rating that adapts to your performance. Watch it climb as you improve.
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Rating graph
Weekly, monthly and yearly trend lines so you can see actual improvement.
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Streaks
Build your daily streak. How many days in a row can you solve?
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Milestones
Earn badges as you hit streak and rating achievements.
A board you'll want to look at.
30 board styles, 20 piece sets, animated moves and crosshair guides.
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30 board styles
Wood, marble, leather and many more. Choose what suits your eye.
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20 piece sets
From classic Staunton to modern designs. Pick the set that suits your style.
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Animated moves
Smooth move animations with adjustable speed and crosshair alignment guides.
Helpful hints, not handouts.
A graded nudge instead of the answer outright.
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Hint
Highlight the right piece
A first-level nudge: which piece moves first. The rest is up to you.
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Solution
Animated walkthrough
Stuck? View the full solution animated move-by-move. Learn the pattern, apply it next time.
Questions, answered.
For app-store searchers and curious humans.
- Is Daily Chess Puzzle Challenge free?
- Yes. Daily Chess Puzzle Challenge is free to download and play on iPhone, iPad and Android. There are no subscriptions or required in-app purchases.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Thousands of puzzles are built into the app, so you can play with no internet connection. Bring it on a flight, the Underground or a train journey.
- What difficulty levels are there?
- Three: Easy (basic tactics — forks, pins, skewers), Medium (intermediate combinations) and Hard (advanced multi-move combinations for experienced players).
- How does the puzzle rating work?
- Each puzzle has its own rating. Solving a puzzle nudges your rating up; missing it nudges it down, scaled by the puzzle's difficulty. Watch the graph fill in over weeks and months.
- Can I play more than one puzzle a day?
- Yes. Solve today's daily puzzle to keep your streak alive, then play unlimited extra puzzles at any difficulty.
- What platforms is it on?
- iPhone, iPad and Android. Free on the App Store and Google Play.
- Who makes Daily Chess Puzzle Challenge?
- netAdapt Ltd, an independent UK software studio based in Newbury, Berkshire. We have been building chess apps and platforms since 2001.