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Five fresh chess puzzles. Every day.

Knightcap is a daily chess puzzle app for adult improvers. Each morning brings a new set of five puzzles matched to your rating, so you can sharpen your tactics in a few minutes a day.

Coming soon to the App Store

A daily set, matched to you

Five new puzzles every day, picked for your rating band. Solve them over coffee or on the train.

Every puzzle checked by Stockfish

Each puzzle is verified to have exactly one winning line, so the answer is never ambiguous.

Track your progress

Keep your streak alive and watch your puzzle rating and accuracy grow, theme by theme.

Works offline

Once today's set is downloaded, it plays fully offline, from move checking to solutions.

Premium, no ads, no tracking

Subscribers get the archive of past days and themed packs, with no ads and no tracking.

Private by design

No account needed. Sign in with Apple only if you want your progress synced across devices.

Questions?

See the support page or read how we handle your data in our privacy policy.