Fit check
Is Progress Chess worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Chess learners who want lessons alongside computer opponents
- Tournament players who want simulated events and a virtual league progression
- Chess fans interested in studying champion models and their games
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a chess experience centered on human opponents rather than computer-controlled players
- Players who want a narrowly focused chessboard interface may find the career, rooms, awards, and 3D settings distracting
- Players looking for a game outside chess
Our take on Progress Chess
The career framing may suggest a broad sports-management game, but the described progression is built around chess play, lessons, tournaments, ranks, and virtual awards.
What is Progress Chess?
Progress Chess combines chess games with a virtual player career.
Play against more than 80 computer opponents with different playing styles, from beginners to grandmasters, in training games, rating games, or tournaments using round robin, Swiss, and Olympic formats. Training includes beginner lessons and advanced combination and study problems. The game also offers analysis of saved and tournament games, with comments on mistakes, and games can be saved in PGN format. Progress through clubs and leagues, receive ranks and an ELO rating, and collect virtual awards. Matches take place in 3D locations, with more than 40 settings and over 20 board and piece sets. Play classical chess, Fischer chess, or transform-chess.
How Progress Chess plays
- 01Three chess modes
- The career can be played in classical chess, Fischer chess, or transform-chess.
- 02Tournament formats
- Enter events using round robin, Swiss, or Olympic systems and earn virtual awards.
- 03Game analysis
- Saved and tournament games can be reviewed with AI comments and identified mistakes, and are available in PGN format.
- 04Chess training
- Lessons cover the rules and basic theory, while advanced practice focuses on combinations and studies.
- 05Virtual opponents
- More than 80 computer-controlled players have distinct playing styles and skill levels.
Progress Chess compared to similar games
Chess Ultra is also a chess game, but its description emphasizes 4K visuals, grandmaster-approved AI, and VR compatibility. Progress Chess instead specifies more than 80 virtual opponents, training courses, tournament formats, game analysis, and three chess modes.
Progress Chess: platforms & release
Is Progress Chess worth it?
It is worth it if: chess learners who want lessons alongside computer opponents. Skip it if: players seeking a chess experience centered on human opponents rather than computer-controlled players.
Where can I download Progress Chess?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Progress Chess's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Progress Chess on?
Windows only.
