Magnus Trainer - Train Chess 4+
Learn from the World Champion
Chess.com
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
iPhone Screenshots
Description
A better, more fun way to learn and train chess! Master chess through engaging games and interactive lessons with Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Champion!
WHY MAGNUS TRAINER?
Curated courses created by our learning experts and Grand Masters.
250+ unique lessons covering chess foundation to openings and endgames.
Bite-sized games designed to reinforce your learning, each game has dozens of levels and thousands of puzzles.
Caters to beginners and advanced players alike.
Learn chess with the greatest player of all time!
UNIQUE TRAINING BY CHESS EXPERTS
Play unique, beautiful games crafted by chess experts and game design experts. Deepen your chess skills through premium lessons based on games by Magnus Carlsen and other world-leading chess players. All games and lessons are created by Magnus Carlsen and his team of experienced Grand Masters, all of whom have years of coaching experience.
Magnus Trainer makes learning chess easy and engaging for players of all levels. New games are updated and added regularly to bring you the best possible experience, and we're adding new theory lessons every week.
Each mini-game has dozens of levels, ranging from beginner to advanced, allowing all chess players, new and experienced, to find a challenging fit to improve their skills. Those who have never played chess before are able to learn the fundamentals in a series of introductory lessons, while more experienced players have access to advanced tactics and strategies, covering a range of endgame essentials.
FROM AN AWARD WINNING TEAM
The Magnus Trainer app has been featured in Fast Company, The Guardian and VG, and is the creation of the team behind the popular Play Magnus app, winner of several design awards.
“I’ve always done things a little differently. That is what inspired me to create Magnus Trainer. Chess has always been fun, but this takes learning and training chess to a new level. Magnus Trainer is chess training for everyone!”
— Magnus Carlsen
“The Future of Chess!”
— Rob, App Store Reviewer
You can also check out our other free app, Play Magnus. Play against Magnus at any age from 5 years and up!
REACH FURTHER WITH A MEMBERSHIP
The app is free to use, with added benefits for paying members.
Members enjoy instant access to all 250+ premium lessons, many exclusive only for members. As a member, you also get infinite lives so you can always keep playing, including exclusive bonus levels. In addition, members get detailed statistics with insights into their performance and game progress.
For Magnus Trainer we offer the following subscriptions:
1 month
12 months
Lifetime
TERMS OF PAYMENT
Payment will be charged to your iTunes account after you’ve confirmed a purchase. Subscription to a membership automatically renews, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, and the price for the renewal will be provided. You can change your subscription settings in Subscriptions in App Store, or in the More tab in Magnus Trainer when a subscription is active.
It is not possible to cancel an active subscription to get a refund of the remaining time.
Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.
TERMS OF USE
https://company.playmagnus.com/terms
PRIVACY POLICY
https://company.playmagnus.com/privacy
What’s New
Version 1.19.16
Small improvements.
Ratings and Reviews
Kudos!
An impressive app, which is very thoughtfully put together. It does not simply use the ‘present and practice’ model of teaching so over-relied upon by bog-standard learning designers, who have a thin, textbook understanding of teaching and learning. Instead, it employs a range of cyclical and incremental techniques and methods to activate memory, analysis, cognition and logico-deductive reasoning - all packaged up with entertaining and clear content. As an adult improver, I can see my chess and analytical skills have already improved within a week of regular usage. Only a few improvements to suggest: 1. The Lessons area needs more explanation (e.g. The ‘For You’ section?). 2. The UI needs improvement: specifically the glary green theme and small font are not for everyone. The font certainly needs to be bigger, and there are currently no board options. 3. The challenge timer needs to be an option (sometimes it’s better to take your time to time to think through the problems). If these are addressed I think it would be hands down the most effective chess training app currently out there.
Great content!
If you’re looking for a modern way to be introduced to chess- this is it. All explained with real life examples and references to famous players, it’s like having your own chess coach. Absolutely brilliant. Few improvements to suggest for the development team as I believe this is a very new app: 1. The chess board and the green background looks tricky for the eyes , please allow users to change the design and background. Traditional layout would be so much better. 2. Could someone read all the text/ lessons? It is very tiring to the eyes to just read text. 3. I only discovered the additional functions after few days of using, was ready to ditch the app as it was making me go through the course from the beginning, with games I did not want to play, then accidentally discovered other functions at the bottom but one can barely see them initially. when I clicked on them - they were all active and when I went to lessons, you totally sold it to me. Overall, content matters, this is superb! Thanks Magnus! 😁👍
Developer Response ,
Hi, thanks for taking the time with this review! We appreciate your kind words and suggestions. Your message has been forwarded to our developers :-) Good luck on your chess training.
Been using for an hour or so
I’m gonna give it five stars because I work in tech and appreciate the effort that has gone into this - the content is great and the layout works really well. I’m considering subscribing, HOWEVER -The chess board is disgusting, I can’t get used to it at all, I struggle with the timed exercises because it takes me a while to figure out what the pieces are meant to be. I’d suggest perhaps offering a different themed board as an alternative? This layout isn’t used on any of the major sites, i can’t imagine many users are fond of it. Apologies if there is an option to change, I checked settings and couldn’t see one
App Privacy
The developer, Chess.com, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
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Information
- Provider
- Chess.com, LLC
- Size
- 195.6 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Play Magnus AS
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Monthly Premium Membership £7.99
- Monthly Premium Membership £4.49
- Yearly Premium Membership £59.99
- Yearly Premium Membership £44.99
- Yearly Premium Membership £29.99
- Refill All Lives £1.99
- Monthly Premium Membership £9.49
- Lifetime Premium Membership £299.99
- Monthly Premium Membership £6.49
- Premium Membership £149.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.