Trainer Fish
Ton Orbe Sports In-app purchases
Master chess faster with puzzles, endgames, and opening trainers.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 5 ratings
- Downloads
- 3.4K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 4
- 2026 · v5.1
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About Trainer Fish
Trainer Fish is a powerful yet approachable chess training app designed for players who want to improve seriously, without expensive subscriptions or bloated software. Built around real games, real mistakes, and proven training methods, Trainer Fish helps you develop pattern recognition, calculation skill, and practical chess understanding.
Powered by the world-class Stockfish engine, Trainer Fish works fully offline, respects your time, and focuses on training that actually transfers to over-the-board play.
🧠 WOODPECKER TACTICS
Real games. Real blunders. Find the winning continuation.
Trainer Fish implements the famous Woodpecker Method for tactics training:
• Hundreds of thousands of puzzles sourced from real games
• Each puzzle begins with a critical blunder that shifts the evaluation decisively
• Your task: find the best continuation and convert the advantage
• Cycle-based repetition to reinforce patterns and speed
This is not random puzzle solving — it’s deliberate pattern training.
♟️ ENDGAME TRAINER
Learn the positions that decide games.
Practice essential theoretical endgames with engine-verified accuracy:
• King and pawn endgames
• Rook endgames (Lucena, Philidor, and more)
• Clear explanations and guided positions
• Play both sides against the engine to truly understand winning and drawing techniques
Perfect for turning small advantages into full points.
📖 OPENING EXPLORER
Study openings the modern way.
Explore openings using a massive database of grandmaster games combined with engine evaluation:
• Navigate openings by ECO code
• See popular continuations and their success rates
• Engine-backed evaluations for every move
• Visual arrows and annotations for quick understanding
No memorization — learn why moves are played.
🎮 PLAY MODE (FREE)
Play freely. Experiment boldly.
Play mode is fully available for free:
• Play against the engine
• Set up any position
• Add, remove, or move pieces to explore ideas
• Resume your last game anytime
Ideal for analysis, experimentation, and casual play.
⏱️ CHESS CLOCK (FREE)
A clean, tournament-ready chess clock included at no cost:
• Multiple time controls
• Simple, distraction-free design
• Perfect for OTB practice or friendly games
🌙 CLEAN DESIGN & DARK MODE
Trainer Fish is built with comfort in mind:
• Modern, minimalist interface
• Night-friendly dark mode
• Smooth animations and clear visuals
• Designed to reduce eye strain during long training sessions
🔒 OFFLINE-FIRST & FAIR PRICING
• Works fully offline after installation
• No ads
• No subscriptions
• One-time unlock for advanced training modes
Even without upgrading, Trainer Fish remains worth downloading thanks to its free Play mode and Chess Clock.
👥 WHO IS TRAINER FISH FOR?
• Beginners building fundamentals
• Club players sharpening tactics and endgames
• Competitive players looking for structured, offline training
• Anyone serious about improving without expensive tools
Train smarter. Train deeper. Train realistically.
Download Trainer Fish and turn real mistakes into real improvement. ♟️🐟
What’s new
Version 5.1 · Updated August 4, 2026
Added Chess TV with live Lichess top games Added live tournament broadcast viewing Added FAN notation support in Chess TV Added engine-assisted live game viewing Added favorite-player live alerts Added keep-screen-awake option for Chess TV Broadcast selections now persist during the app session Faster tactics loading for new and continued cycles Improved puzzle sharing posters with stronger branding Added Google Play branding to puzzle posters Various bug fixes and UI improvements
User reviews
This is very helpful to a chess enthusiast like me who doesn't have the resources to improve my chess. This is an all in one app at an affordable price. Please input a "donation" button so we can support this app.
Trainer Fish is a very useful chess training app na talagang nakakatulong sa improvement. Simple lang ang interface at madaling gamitin, kaya focus ka talaga sa training. Ang mga exercises ay practical at parang totoong game situations, hindi basta random puzzles lang. Maganda ito para sa beginners hanggang advance ...
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