MiniChess
Learn chess, one piece at a time
minichessgames.com Source★ 35MIT Google Play App StoreGames / Casual & Puzzle
- Monthly visits
- <5K
- Oct 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- Free
- No monthly subscription pricing
- Launched
- 13mo ago
- 2025-10-11 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Show HN (2 pts · 9 comments)Launch
Kings vs. Knight — This is a play website I built out with my 6 year old to show her that you can also build for the web (not just consume!). The idea was to…
Jan 11 · 10mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Show HN (27 pts · 8 comments)Launch
Radioactive Pooping Knights — I've been having fun building out a really simple chess learning app for my daughter (7). It started with just "maze like" puzzles [1] and…
Dec 6, 2025 · 11mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Show HN (12 pts · 7 comments)Launch
Learn Basic Chess Movements — I made this basic website for my daughter (6) to learn how to move chess pieces. I wanted a simple game which didn't have all the rules, j…
Oct 26, 2025 · 13mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Show HN (3 pts)Launch
Minichessgames.com — I made this simple website for my daughter to help her get the hang of just learning the _movement_ of chess pieces without the distractio…
Oct 11, 2025 · 13mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- I made this simple website for my daughter to help her get the hang of just learning the _movement_ of chess pieces without the distraction of an opponent or any other rules. The site just presents a chess board covered in "rocks" (obstacles) and a goal square you need to get to. It tells you the minimum number of moves it can be done in, and will show you a
- Post excerpt:
- I made this basic website for my daughter (6) to learn how to move chess pieces. I wanted a simple game which didn't have all the rules, just how to get from A to B with a piece. Admittedly, as soon as I made this a friend pointed out https://lichess.org/learn which is really nice! There are a bunch of settings you can tweak to set the difficulty etc. Anyway
- Post excerpt:
- I've been having fun building out a really simple chess learning app for my daughter (7). It started with just "maze like" puzzles [1] and I've added a few more. This "radioactive pooping knights" idea came from an Irish primary school chess website [2]. Really simple idea, two knights moving around the board leaving poo behind... Don't be the one forced to
- Post excerpt:
- This is a play website I built out with my 6 year old to show her that you can also build for the web (not just consume!). The idea was to make a bunch of small mini games (more coming) where you can learn some basic chess strategy. In this game you play a knight vs 3 kings who try to trap you. Try to survive for 15 moves. Once you get bored of that, there's
Open Source & Self-Hosting
- GitHub Stars
- ★ 35
- Forks
- 8
- License
- MIT
- Primary language
- JavaScript
Store data
- Rating
- Rating not syncedRating count not synced
- New ratings last mo
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- Price & IAP
- FreeIAP data not synced
- Current version
- —Store metadata
- Rating
- Rating not syncedRating count not synced
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- Price & IAP
- FreeIAP data not synced
- Current version
- —Store metadata
Store assets, rating histograms, install tiers, and screenshots are synced from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Chrome Web Store.
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct33%
- Organic Search30%
- Referrals13%
- Social7%
- Other17%
Countries
- United Kingdom51%
- Taiwan49%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2025-06-19
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| minichess | 710 |
| tinyhouse chess | 620 |
| tiny chess chess.co m | 520 |
| mini chess 5x5 | 500 |
| mini chess positions | 420 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Website does not list public plan prices.
Trial: None · Observed 2026-11-03 · Source page
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshotsChanges
No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.
Questions & evidence
- How much website traffic does MiniChess get?
- Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is MiniChess and what platforms does it support?
- MiniChess is catalogued under Casual & Puzzle: Learn chess, one piece at a time. Supported platforms: Mobile App.
- Is MiniChess open source?
- MiniChess has a public repository (https://github.com/shaack/cm-chessboard) under the MIT license, recording 35 GitHub stars.Source
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