Learn Chess with Dr. Wolf

Besides a dozen of chess Apps in the past years, I have been using Chess.com, ChessKid.com and this App for about 3 months now I think. My entire life I have had a love-hate relationship with chess. And sites such as chess.com do not make it any easier, on the contrary, chess can be very brutal and frustrating, leading me to think I’m too stupid for chess. I have been dropping chess over and over again in my life and never made any progress. Until I discovered Dr Wolf! I have learned so much since I started using this App! If you are a beginner and you would like to advance, then Dr Wolf is a must have App. The coaching is phenomenal! I have no idea how they program this but the coach bot is way better than the other 2 sites that I mentioned. It feels as if a human is coaching you. To start with, here the coach actually speaks besides giving you textual coaching only. He tells you why it’s a good/bad move and shows you why in an interface that is way easier to handle than all the bells and whistles of chess.com. You can also tap on chess terms in the narration which opens up a dialog with definitions and an illustration. After every full game with Dr Wolf, you can hit the “Train” tab which takes you through all the mistakes you made during that game and you get a chance to try better moves and Dr Wolf will talk you through it. You can also explore alternate moves and again, you will get feedback. The chapter “Lessons” is easy to follow, well structured and gives only the essence while in chess.com you get immediate sensory overload as a beginner. So Dr Wolf is the best App to learn chess in my opinion. Then, I made the step back to chess.com because there you have much more advanced features of course such as engine lines, game reviews, analysis and multiplayer against humans which Dr Wolf does not have. So if you don’t know where to start, this is it!

I love the game. Good training and love the voice and kind approach of the trainer. You also have the change to have the full experience with the trail . But after that the price… it’s to much for this kind of game. Because of this 3* otherwise 5*. I would prefer commercial after every game then paying that much.

It learns me how to play chess

I literally loved the game, particularly the comments that the dr says, till i suddenly got a notification that i had to pay to get the coach help.. i’m honestly disappointed. I really loved this app and it would’ve helped me a lot but as a teenager, i obv couldn’t bought it. I sadly have to say goodbye.

it costed me 147 games to have one win against the dr...wat a waste of time but a lot of pleasure :)

I had had it with chess games! Especially those where a “coach” is essentially showing off how much better he/she is. Then this app arrived. A friendly coach is teaching you chess step by step. Warning when you blunder; letting you take your last move back. Modern good games use the “you win or you learn” paradigm. This app goes one step further: it lets you win and learn. Yes Dr Wolf lets you win. Nothing is more motivating to continue practicing daily. And the Wolf keeps track of your score and improvement. A friend of mine suggested this app to me. Now I am pretty sure, next time we will play chess I will last at least 15 minutes instead of the usual 5.

I love this app. It looks good, works well, teaches me about chess, and I enjoy it so much I’m binging on Chess games more than Netflix. Sometimes I think Dr. Wolf is misleading me with his tips, until two moves later the obviousness hits me in the face. I’ve subscribed for my first month, it felt the least I could do.

Great for beginners as well as anyone trying to take their game to the next level. Plenty of levels at which to play, as well as specific strategies upon which to work. Great app!!

This app has great lessons with all the basics and the AI is actually smart. My only complaint is the in game purchase but the app is still AMAZING without It. Great app👍

If you have plenty of disposable income to use for mediocre lessons then this app is fine. The game reviews and lessons are helpful, but simply not worth the money.