KnightMaster is a low-priced chess course subscription with a 14-day free trial and plans listed from $5.60 a month, as of 8 November 2026. On the pages we read, we looked for a company name and for refund terms and did not find either. This page records its published prices, terms and course listings, so you can check them before you start a trial.
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What KnightMaster says about itself
KnightMaster describes itself on its homepage as an online platform with "100+ Grandmaster Courses", "10,000+ Practice Puzzles" and "500 Hours of Video Instruction", with study plans aimed at reaching 2000. Its About page says "We are a group of chess grandmasters", and its FAQ says "All our grandmasters are ranked around 2,600 elo". All of these are the site's own statements, and we have not checked them. Asked whether you can really reach 2000 on the platform, the FAQ answers "We strongly believe so", adding that it depends on your commitment.
What we looked for in its terms
We looked for a company name, a postal address and refund terms on the homepage, the About page, the membership-plans page and the Terms of Use, last updated 21 August 2024, and we did not find them. The terms say the service is "operated by KnightMaster", and the contact page we read is a web form.
Three points in those terms matter to a buyer:
- Refunds and billing. The terms cover accounts, links, liability and termination. We did not find a section on refunds, renewals or cancelling a paid plan.
- Ending the agreement. The terms say that to end the agreement you "may simply discontinue using our Services". If you are on a paid plan, cancel in your account and keep the confirmation.
- Suspension and disputes. The terms allow suspension "at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice", and they set New York law and New York courts for disputes.
Prices and trial
The membership-plans page, read on 8 November 2026, listed these prices in "$" without naming a currency:
| Plan | Listed price | Calculated from the listed figures |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $7.50 | $90 a year if paid monthly |
| Annual ("25% off") | $67.50 a year | about $5.63 a month; $22.50 less than twelve monthly payments |
| "Monthly with 25% discount" | $5.60 a month | The page does not explain this row; the homepage advertises "$5.6 / month*" with an unexplained asterisk |
| Lifetime | $2,200 | about 32.6 years of the annual plan |
A separate page on the same site, Get Better at Chess, advertises "$6 / month*" instead. The page headline says all plans have a 14-day free trial; the $5.60 row states none, and the other three show the trial first and the price after it.
The homepage FAQ gives the trial's mechanics: "You will be charged only on day 15", and you can cancel free during the 14 days. So a payment method appears to be collected up front, and the site accepts cards through Stripe and PayPal. The practical timeline is to start the trial, diary day 12 or 13 for your decision, cancel in your account before day 15, and save the confirmation. Plan changes, per the FAQ, take effect at your next billing date, so an annual plan cannot be stepped down immediately.
What the catalogue shows
The site lets you read lesson lists without paying, and those are a useful check on listed lengths. We sampled the first view of the catalogue and two courses.
- Listed lengths vary in format. Of 25 course cards shown, six displayed "0 Hours", and three showed figures whose format we could not interpret (52:00, 5:12 and 16:00). The other 16 ran from 2h 15m to 6h 7m, averaging about 3h 25m (calculated). A first page is only a sample of the whole library.
- Add up a course you care about. Crush the London System! lists a duration of 01:15:00. Its 11 lectures, by their own listed times, add up to 27 minutes 22 seconds (calculated).
- "Free" is used in two ways. The About page speaks of a "library of free, high-quality courses", while the catalogue heading says "All Free With a Paid Membership". There are also preview links, a "Free Membership Courses" filter and a free beginner plan by email, so sample those first.
The 12-week plan, with its own numbers
KnightMaster's headline offer is a plan that states a target of 400 rating points in 12 weeks. That is the seller's claim, and the page gives no data behind it. The same page gives two examples of what 12 weeks might achieve, 800 to 1200 and 1200 to 1400.
The plan is a schedule of 22 text lessons. It asks for 100 classical games, 50 "Blunder Games" (a term the summary page does not define) and analysis of 15 classic games. That is 150 games in 12 weeks, or 12.5 a week. If a classical game takes an hour, which is our assumption, the 100 classical games alone come to about 8.3 hours a week before any study, so check that against the time you have.
What the seller's pages do not tell you
- A company name or address. We looked for these and did not find them on the pages we read.
- Which price the site means. $5.60, $5.63 (the annual plan divided by twelve, calculated) and $6 all appear, and the asterisks go unexplained on the pages we read. The $5.60 row may be the annual plan shown per month, but the page does not say.
- Refund terms after the trial. The FAQ covers free cancellation during the trial, and we did not find anything covering the period after day 15.
- Terms specific to the Lifetime plan. We did not find any on the pages we read.
Who might consider it
A player who wants a low-cost subscription and will use the 14-day trial and the free previews to judge the courses before any payment is taken.
Who should skip this
- You want a published refund policy before paying. We did not find one. ChessMood's pricing page, catalogue and refund page were readable on 8 November 2026; see our ChessMood review, though its listed prices are higher and it has its own downsides.
- You want drilling by spaced repetition. See our Chessable review.
The free resources that cover similar ground
ChessMood's free Basic tier, per its pricing page, includes the first section of each course, AI game analysis and a custom study plan. Lichess Studies are free user-created collections organised into chapters; see Lichess studies and practice. We have not compared either with KnightMaster's library.
Before you pay anything
- Open the free previews and add up the listed lesson times on a course you want.
- Use the 14-day trial with an easily cancelled payment method, and cancel before day 15 unless you have decided to stay.
- Use the site's contact form to ask what happens to your money if you cancel after day 15, and which company you would be buying from.
If you can show us a correction, we want to hear it; see corrections and updates.
Original test pending
A real test of KnightMaster would need a trial account. It would record which courses exist, the actual hours available, how the trial and cancellation work, and how a refund request proceeds. No results exist yet.