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♟ Built for chess academies
Run Your Entire Chess Academy with ChessPlay
Everything you need to coach smarter. Lessons, live classes, tracking, scheduling, payments, and branding all effortlessly unified for 150+ chess academies worldwide.
Across 100+ Academy
Join 500+ coaches and families already on ChessPlay
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What is ChessPlay?
Built for Chess Coaches. Trusted by Academies.
Replace spreadsheets, WhatsApp, and Zoom with a single branded platform that students love and parents trust.
Teach live
Recurring classes with integrated boards and built-in video rooms.
Classroom ready
Assign & grade
Interactive homework and puzzles that grade themselves instantly.
Full automation
Tournaments
Create Swiss and Arena tournaments in seconds.
One-click events
Wow parents
Detailed monthly reports parents actually value.
Branded reports
Platform
Get to know ChessPlay
Replace multiple broken tools with ChessPlay, the only chess academy platform designed to make your coaches and families happier.
Run live, recurring classes with your branding. Coaches teach, students join, parents watch progress, all in one place.
Customer Love
Hear what customers are saying
"We finally stopped juggling tools. ChessPlay gave us everything we needed to teach better, track growth, and focus on what matters, our students."
Achiever's Chess Academy
Academy Owner, India
"We moved our entire academy to ChessPlay, now everything just flows. Scheduling, homework, reports... it's a game changer for serious coaches."
Rajesh Kumar
Head Coach, KnightSquad
"Parents love the progress reports, students love the leaderboard, and I love not spending 5 hours a week on admin. Win-win-win."
Barath
Founder, ChessPanda Academy
Global Presence
Coaching across the globe
Academies, schools and coaches in 15+ countries already run on ChessPlay.
Live network
11 cities online
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Countries
150+
Academies
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Time zones
Europe
Region 0247
Academies
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Countries
United KingdomGermanySpainPortugalNetherlands
Asia & Middle East
Region 0352
Academies
4
Countries
IndiaSingaporeUAEJapan
Africa & Oceania
Region 0413
Academies
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Countries
South AfricaAustralia
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You could be running your academy a lot more smoothly
Stop juggling 8+ disconnected tools. ChessPlay replaces the chaos with one premium platform built for chess academies.
For students
Make every student fall in love with chess
Play, analyze and improve, all inside ChessPlay. No more juggling tabs between Lichess, Chess.com and a separate analysis board.
Play vs Computer
Practice anytime against a tunable engine.
Students pick a level, hit play, and get an opponent that matches their strength, perfect for warm-ups, homework and rainy weekends.
Level 1Level 5Level 10Level 15Level 20
Beginner · 600Expert · 2400
L1L5L10L15L20
Analysis Board
Explore any position
Move pieces freely, branch into variations, and let the engine show the best continuations.
Integrations
Lichess & Chess.com
Connect student accounts once. Their online games flow straight into ChessPlay, no copy-pasting PGNs.
LichessChess.comAuto-sync
Game Analysis
Every game, reviewed move by move.
Blunders, mistakes and brilliancies highlighted automatically, so students learn from every game they play.
Operations
Run your academy with ease
Simplify daily academy operations with powerful tools built specifically for chess.
See it in action →01→02→03→04→
Automated Fee Collection
Track dues, send reminders and collect payments without manual follow-ups.
Attendance & Student Tracking
Monitor attendance, identify inactive students and track progress effortlessly.
Class Scheduling & Homework
Manage recurring classes, assignments and lesson plans from one place.
Parent Communication & Reports
Share updates, progress reports and announcements with parents instantly.
Built for
Built for chess programs of all sizes
From solo coaches to multi-location academies | ChessPlay scales with you.
Chess Coaches
Solo coaches running private students, scheduling, invoicing and homework, sorted.
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Chess Academies
Multi-coach academies, branded portal, attendance and reports under one login.
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Schools
After-school clubs and K-12 programs, easy enrolment, parent updates and tournaments.
Learn more→The numbers
Real results from real academies
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improvement in student results
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saved per week on admin tasks
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more student engagement
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fee collection rate
Why ChessPlay
The business of chess, finally easy
Save 10+ hours a week
Stop juggling Sheets, Zoom and WhatsApp. Everything lives in one place.
Engage every student
XP, badges and quizzes turn practice into something kids actually look forward to.
Look like the pros
A premium, branded experience your parents will happily pay for.
Scale your revenue
Add more students without adding more chaos. Built to grow with you.
FAQ
Questions, answered
An all-in-one platform for managing chess academies, students, classes, fees, and communication.
Chess coaches, academies, schools, and organizations offering chess training programs.
Yes, schedule classes, share meeting links, track attendance, and manage students.
Yes, track payments, manage invoices, and automate fee reminders.
Yes, parents can access reports, attendance, homework, and performance updates.
Yes, create and manage Swiss and Arena tournaments with automated standings.
Yes, students can play, analyze games, solve puzzles, and complete homework.
Yes, it works for online, offline, and hybrid coaching models.
Most academies can be onboarded and trained within a few days.
Replace spreadsheets, WhatsApp, Zoom, and manual work with one platform.
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