Online chess lessons for kids, with a real coach.
Live weekly chess classes for children aged 6–14, taught by an experienced chess coach in groups of five or fewer. Not an app to babysit them — a real teacher who knows your child's name, and quietly builds focus, logic and confidence.
Start for free. Stay because they love it.
New here? Your child's first group lesson is free with code BACKTOCHESS — no card needed. After the lesson, simple monthly plans. Cancel anytime · no contracts.
- ✓Two small-group lessons (max 5)
- ✓Personal puzzle plan & reviews
- ✓Monthly coach progress note
- ✓Best balance of price & pace
- ✓Weekly small-group lesson (max 5)
- ✓Homework puzzles each week
- ✓Parent progress dashboard
- ✓Three lessons — fastest progress
- ✓Option to add 1-on-1 sessions
- ✓Tournament prep & game reviews
- ✓Priority coach matching
Prefer not to subscribe? — one-time payment from $27/lesson, no card stored.
Prefer to train on your own? $19/mo
Self-study analytics — deep game reports, opponent prep and an AI assistant — without a live coach. Add weekly coaching whenever you're ready; your Pro features stay included.
1-on-1 coaching available on request
How our online chess classes work
From hello to first lesson in days — not weeks.
Start for free
Your first lesson is free with code BACKTOCHESS — no card needed. Tell us your child's age and experience.
Matched to a coach
We place your child with the right coach and a small group at their level — max five children.
Weekly live lessons
Join fun live lessons each week, plus bite-size homework puzzles on Chess.com or Lichess.
Track progress
Watch their rating and skills climb in your parent dashboard, with notes from the coach.
Skills that follow them off the board
Chess is a playground for the mind. Each lesson grows real abilities your child uses at school and at home.
Focus
Sitting with one problem, thinking it through, and not giving up — attention that transfers to homework.
Logic
If I do this, what happens next? Cause-and-effect reasoning that makes maths and science click.
Patience
Slowing down before moving. Chess gently teaches that the best answer is worth the wait.
Planning
Thinking two or three moves ahead — building a plan and adapting when things change.
Confidence
Winning gracefully, losing bravely, and learning that effort beats talent. Real self-belief.
Social skills
Friendly small groups: taking turns, encouraging others, and making friends who love the same thing.
Our students
Real young players making real progress — shared with their parents’ kind permission.
Meet your child's chess coaches
Grandmasters, masters and brilliant teachers — patient, vetted, and genuinely great with kids.
Why a live coach beats a self-paced app
Apps are great for solo puzzles. But a child learns fastest when a caring human notices, explains and cheers them on.
WhiteKnight AcademyA real coach, live
- Spots mistakes a child can't see themselves
- Lessons paced to your child, not an algorithm
- Real encouragement and accountability each week
- Friends in a small group — social, not solo
- Progress a parent can actually see and trust
Alone with a screen
- Repeats the same mistakes unnoticed
- No one to explain the "why" behind a move
- Motivation fades once the novelty wears off
- More screen time, on their own
- Hard to know if they're really improving
A complete platform, not just video calls
Much of online kids’ coaching is a bare video call behind a “leave your number” form. Here, the live lesson is the heart — and everything around it is built into one platform.
Live lesson room
Video, voice and a synced chess board in one screen — the coach and the group see and move the same pieces, live.
Puzzle homework
Coach-set puzzle sets between lessons, matched to your child’s level — ten focused minutes at a time.
Automatic game analysis
The games your child plays are analysed automatically, so the coach sees exactly what to work on next.
Parent dashboard
Rating, skills and notes from the coach after every lesson — you always know the hour is doing something.
Apps on iOS & Android
The WhiteKnight app travels with your child — homework, puzzles and progress on any phone or tablet.
Sign up online, cancel anytime
Public prices, online checkout and a real cancel button in your account. No sales calls, no contracts.
Our online chess lessons
Find the right fit — from complete beginners to free self-study.
See a live lesson in action
What a live small-group lesson looks like — a real coach, a shared board, and kids thinking it through together.
Children who climb, term after term
A typical student's rating over one 12-week term — and the skills growing underneath it.
* Illustrative. Games-analysed and puzzles-solved are real platform totals.
Your child's safety comes first
We build every lesson around best practice in child online safety — so you can relax while they learn.
Read our safeguarding policyVetted coaches
Every coach is background-checked and child-safety trained.
Parental consent
Parents set up the account and can join any lesson.
GDPR compliant
Your family’s data is protected and never sold. Full stop.
Safe lesson rooms
Private, moderated video rooms — no strangers, ever.