diff --git a/src/lib/engine/stockfish.ts b/src/lib/engine/stockfish.ts
index 1e7cdf17..e6200fcb 100644
--- a/src/lib/engine/stockfish.ts
+++ b/src/lib/engine/stockfish.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Chess } from 'chess.ts'
 import { cpToWinrate } from 'src/lib'
 import StockfishWeb from 'lila-stockfish-web'
 import { StockfishEvaluation } from 'src/types'
+import { StockfishModelStorage } from './stockfishStorage'
 
 class Engine {
   private fen: string
@@ -339,6 +340,27 @@ const sharedWasmMemory = (lo: number, hi = 32767): WebAssembly.Memory => {
   }
 }
 
+const loadNnueModel = async (
+  modelUrl: string,
+  storage: StockfishModelStorage,
+): Promise<ArrayBuffer> => {
+  const cachedModel = await storage.getModel(modelUrl)
+  if (cachedModel) {
+    return cachedModel
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(modelUrl)
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Failed to fetch Stockfish NNUE model (${response.status}) from ${modelUrl}`,
+    )
+  }
+
+  const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer()
+  await storage.storeModel(modelUrl, buffer)
+  return buffer
+}
+
 const setupStockfish = (): Promise<StockfishWeb> => {
   return new Promise<StockfishWeb>((resolve, reject) => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -355,17 +377,17 @@ const setupStockfish = (): Promise<StockfishWeb> => {
           const nnueBaseUrl =
             process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_STOCKFISH_NNUE_BASE_URL ??
             'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CSSLab/maia-platform-frontend/e23a50e/public/stockfish'
+          const storage = new StockfishModelStorage()
+          await storage.requestPersistentStorage()
+
+          const nnue0Url = `${nnueBaseUrl}/${instance.getRecommendedNnue(0)}`
+          const nnue1Url = `${nnueBaseUrl}/${instance.getRecommendedNnue(1)}`
+
           // Load NNUE models before resolving
           Promise.all([
-            fetch(`${nnueBaseUrl}/${instance.getRecommendedNnue(0)}`),
-            fetch(`${nnueBaseUrl}/${instance.getRecommendedNnue(1)}`),
+            loadNnueModel(nnue0Url, storage),
+            loadNnueModel(nnue1Url, storage),
           ])
-            .then((responses) => {
-              return Promise.all([
-                responses[0].arrayBuffer(),
-                responses[1].arrayBuffer(),
-              ])
-            })
             .then((buffers) => {
               instance.setNnueBuffer(new Uint8Array(buffers[0]), 0)
               instance.setNnueBuffer(new Uint8Array(buffers[1]), 1)
diff --git a/src/lib/engine/stockfishStorage.ts b/src/lib/engine/stockfishStorage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d77795f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/engine/stockfishStorage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+interface NnueStorage {
+  id: string
+  url: string
+  data: Blob
+  timestamp: number
+  size: number
+}
+
+export class StockfishModelStorage {
+  private dbName = 'StockfishModels'
+  private storeName = 'models'
+  private version = 1
+  private db: IDBDatabase | null = null
+
+  async openDB(): Promise<IDBDatabase | null> {
+    if (typeof indexedDB === 'undefined') {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    if (this.db) return this.db
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const request = indexedDB.open(this.dbName, this.version)
+
+      request.onerror = () => reject(request.error)
+      request.onsuccess = () => {
+        this.db = request.result
+        resolve(request.result)
+      }
+
+      request.onupgradeneeded = (event) => {
+        const db = (event.target as IDBOpenDBRequest).result
+        if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(this.storeName)) {
+          const store = db.createObjectStore(this.storeName, { keyPath: 'id' })
+          store.createIndex('timestamp', 'timestamp', { unique: false })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  async getModel(modelUrl: string): Promise<ArrayBuffer | null> {
+    try {
+      const db = await this.openDB()
+      if (!db) return null
+
+      const transaction = db.transaction([this.storeName], 'readonly')
+      const store = transaction.objectStore(this.storeName)
+
+      const modelData = await new Promise<NnueStorage | null>(
+        (resolve, reject) => {
+          const request = store.get(modelUrl)
+          request.onsuccess = () => resolve(request.result || null)
+          request.onerror = () => reject(request.error)
+        },
+      )
+
+      if (!modelData) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      if (modelData.url !== modelUrl) {
+        await this.deleteModel(modelUrl)
+        return null
+      }
+
+      return modelData.data.arrayBuffer()
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('Stockfish cache read failed:', error)
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+
+  async storeModel(modelUrl: string, buffer: ArrayBuffer): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const db = await this.openDB()
+      if (!db) return
+
+      const transaction = db.transaction([this.storeName], 'readwrite')
+      const store = transaction.objectStore(this.storeName)
+
+      const modelData: NnueStorage = {
+        id: modelUrl,
+        url: modelUrl,
+        data: new Blob([buffer]),
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+        size: buffer.byteLength,
+      }
+
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const request = store.put(modelData)
+        request.onsuccess = () => resolve()
+        request.onerror = () => reject(request.error)
+      })
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('Stockfish cache write failed:', error)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async deleteModel(modelUrl: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const db = await this.openDB()
+      if (!db) return
+
+      const transaction = db.transaction([this.storeName], 'readwrite')
+      const store = transaction.objectStore(this.storeName)
+
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const request = store.delete(modelUrl)
+        request.onsuccess = () => resolve()
+        request.onerror = () => reject(request.error)
+      })
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('Stockfish cache delete failed:', error)
+    }
+  }
+
+  async requestPersistentStorage(): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+      if (
+        typeof navigator !== 'undefined' &&
+        'storage' in navigator &&
+        'persist' in navigator.storage
+      ) {
+        return navigator.storage.persist()
+      }
+      return false
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('Failed to request persistent storage:', error)
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default StockfishModelStorage