Pattern training across 37,000 positions and 13 courses. No timers, no streaks, no ratings — just you and the board. Works offline. The first chapter of every course is free. Every purchase is one-time. Yours forever. Never a subscription.
Boxwood started with a simple observation: chess apps had begun to feel like slot machines. Streaks to protect, ratings to defend, timers everywhere. I wanted twenty minutes with the board and my coffee, not another notification.
So Boxwood has none of that. 37,000 curated positions across 13 courses — checkmates, tactics, endgames, and eight courses on the quiet positional ideas that are hard to find outside books. It works offline. Miss a day and nothing scolds you.
One thing worth telling: Apple rejected our subscription model during review, and after sitting with it, they were right. A puzzle library you own shouldn't rent itself back to you. Everything is a one-time purchase now — the first chapter of every course is free, and for launch week, Complete (all 12 courses) is $34.99.
I'd love to hear what the chess players here think, especially about the Subtle Chess courses — prophylaxis and piece placement aren't things most apps try to teach.
“Chess pattern training. No timers, no streaks, no ratings.”
Boxwood Chess launched on Product Hunt on June 16th, 2026 and earned 62 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #54 on the daily leaderboard. Pattern training across 37,000 positions and 13 courses. No timers, no streaks, no ratings — just you and the board. Works offline. The first chapter of every course is free. Every purchase is one-time. Yours forever. Never a subscription.
Boxwood Chess was featured in iOS (110.4k followers), Board Games (5.4k followers), Education (78.7k followers) and Vercel Day (19 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 68.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Boxwood Chess?
Boxwood Chess was hunted by Connor Spencer. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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