Kids need a chess coach that explains things clearly, doesn't pressure-sell premium upgrades, and turns mistakes into something they can practice. Chess Masti AI is free, ad-free during analysis, and explains every move in plain language. It works well for scholastic players, club kids, and parents who want to help their child review games without becoming a chess teacher themselves.
Clear explanations, not engine jargon
The coach explains moves in words a 9-year-old can follow: "this knight protects two squares near the king" instead of "+0.5 centipawn advantage." If you can read, you can use it.
Mistake puzzles that fit a short attention span
Each puzzle is one position. The kid solves it or doesn't. Either way it's quick. Better for a 15-minute review session than wading through a 40-move analysis.
Free, no in-app purchases
Many chess apps for kids monetize aggressively — pop-ups, locked features, premium upgrades. Chess Masti is fully free with no analysis cap. The product doesn't push subscriptions during a review.
Parents don't need to be chess players
If you don't know what a fork is, that's fine. Paste your kid's PGN, read the explanation together, and you'll learn alongside them. The coach is the teacher; you're the partner.
The chat is powered by an LLM (Claude AI). It produces text responses. The system prompt is tuned for clarity and patience, but kids may still encounter the occasional dry or technical answer. If you want to vet the tone before handing it to a younger child, run a few of their games through first.
Account features (saved games, personalization) require sign-in. For kids under 13, COPPA and similar regulations apply — handle the account from a parent address rather than giving a child unsupervised account creation. The analysis board itself works without an account, so you don't need to register to get coaching.
Chess Masti is not a chess-teaching curriculum for absolute beginners — it's a coach for kids who already play. If your child has never played a full game yet, start with a learn-to-play resource and come back here once they have a few games to review.
1. After their game (Lichess, Chess.com, or club games written down), grab the PGN.
2. Paste it in. Sit next to them. Click through the moves together. Stop at the biggest eval swings — those are where the lesson is.
3. Read the explanation together. Ask the chat a follow-up question if they don't understand: "why was that bad?" or "what could I have done instead?"
4. Convert the worst mistake into a puzzle. Drill it five times. One lesson per game is plenty.
See the full Chess Masti walkthrough
The free AI chess coach page covers the full feature set, including how the engine + AI pipeline works.
Open the free AI chess coach pageCoach your kid's chess games
Paste a PGN. Sit together. Read the lesson.