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MindChess is a daily chess gym for iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac: 60-second drills for board vision, memory and calculation. Version 1.3 adds a repertoire trainer with spaced repetition, a diagram scanner, a chess clock and Stockfish 19 offline (Pro).
Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Omar, an indie iOS developer, and MindChess is the app I wanted as a club player.
It started as a chess gym: 60-second drills that train what you can't see on the board. Square colors, coordinates, diagonals, knight routes, forks and memory of real positions, plus a daily challenge that's the same for everyone.
Version 1.3, out now, builds the rest of the chess day around that gym:
♟️ Repertoire trainer: play your lines, and spaced repetition (SM-2) brings each one back right before you'd forget it.
📷 Diagram scanner: a photo of a book diagram becomes an editable position. Recognition runs on the device.
⏱️ Chess clock for over-the-board games, with Fischer increments (Bronstein delay, stages and time odds in Pro).
🧠 Stockfish 19 running offline on your iPhone (Pro).
🏅 39 achievements, 11 Pro piece sets, and support for iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac.
I'd love to hear what you'd train first, and what's missing for your own study routine.
Yooo great onboarding and I love that you can take a picure of a position I honestly have not used it yet but I had always thought about whether it is possible or not.
endgame pattern stuff, king and pawn endings always get me. i can calc tactics fine but endgames i just guess
About MindChess on Product Hunt
“Your daily chess gym and study companion”
MindChess was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #30 on the daily leaderboard. MindChess is a daily chess gym for iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac: 60-second drills for board vision, memory and calculation. Version 1.3 adds a repertoire trainer with spaced repetition, a diagram scanner, a chess clock and Stockfish 19 offline (Pro).
MindChess was featured in iOS (111.1k followers), Mac (103.9k followers) and Education (79.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 90.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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Omar
Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Omar, an indie iOS developer, and MindChess is the app I wanted as a club player.
It started as a chess gym: 60-second drills that train what you can't see on the board. Square colors, coordinates, diagonals, knight routes, forks and memory of real positions, plus a daily challenge that's the same for everyone.
Version 1.3, out now, builds the rest of the chess day around that gym:
♟️ Repertoire trainer: play your lines, and spaced repetition (SM-2) brings each one back right before you'd forget it.
📷 Diagram scanner: a photo of a book diagram becomes an editable position. Recognition runs on the device.
⏱️ Chess clock for over-the-board games, with Fischer increments (Bronstein delay, stages and time odds in Pro).
🧠 Stockfish 19 running offline on your iPhone (Pro).
🏅 39 achievements, 11 Pro piece sets, and support for iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac.
I'd love to hear what you'd train first, and what's missing for your own study routine.