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Chess ∙ App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Disappearing PiecesWhile I am not new to chess, I am also not an “expert.” I was baffled when I went to move my bishop to take a pawn in front of the king. My rook was set to cover the bishop. When I moved my bishop it switched to the computer … They didn’t move any pieces, but my bishop disappeared from the board. I undid the move and tried moving my rook instead, which would have resulted in check covered by the bishop. This time the rook disappeared. Over time playing the app, I notice that if I put the king into check my pieces will sometimes randomly disappear. Definitely feels like the system cheats and has a fail safe if an unpredicted move is made — Just remove the piece from the board. Deleted and will not download again. Other reviews seem to mention this cheating as well. I don’t mind if it beats me — Which it did multiple times. I am here to learn. But, I can’t learn if you cheat..Version: 2.02
✓ Don’t bother cheating gameAbsolute cheating game when your about to win on a difficulty level it cheats the computer’s King was in check for 6 moves while continuing to move other pieces they didn’t even move and my rook disappeared and wouldn’t let me move one piece to a particular square even though there was nothing wrong with the move don’t waste your time they need to fix the cheating.Version: 1.76
✓ It could be betterA flawed system for sure, and very infuriating at times. I may or may not stick with this app because of this reason...I will sit and think for like, five minutes straight, and when I go to execute my move, I can’t. The game just doesn’t let me move. Before I wrote this, I had a plan to love my queen and it wouldn’t allow me to move it. It only allowed me to move it backwards, directly in the line of fire for a bishop. I couldn’t move my pawn, which clearly had plenty of space and availability to travel to the back of the board, I still had my knight but, despite a clear and open space AND a perfect lineup to snatch the opponent’s king, it wouldn’t allow me to move it, and although there was a pawn I was able to steal with my bishop, I was unable to move. This is a reoccurring problem that you constantly have to work around. I’m not very good at chess, and it’s one of my favorite games ever, but how on Earth am I supposed to learn properly and strategize if I’m unable to move my piece? Try this app out for yourself, like I said, I don’t know if I’ll stick with it or not. It’s very painfully mediocre..Version: 1.76
✓ The computer cheats.The computer will not allow me to win. It just makes ended the game in a “draw” when I had THREE queens and a rook, and the computer only had its king left. I positioned three of my pieces to prevent the king from moving to certain spots. As soon as I moved to put the king in check mate, the app said it was a draw. It also allowed a knight to move diagonally to take a pawn, and when I moved a different pawn out of danger, the computer’s pawn immediately next to mine, moved diagnosable BEHIND my pawn, and still took my piece. I won’t even talk about the decent parts of this app, because the most important thing is ensuring the games are fair. They aren’t. Try a different chess app. I also seriously doubt the validity of some of these five star posts. They read like they were written by AI..Version: 2.02
✓ Buy more stars for $5.99Buy more stars for $5.99.Version: 1.96
✓ Intrusive adsHad to uninstall when I started getting full screen pop ups frequently during play. Some ads are understandable in a free game but for me these really ruined the experience of play.Version: 1.65
✓ WeirdSometimes my queen just vanishes or I get checkmate without actual play... contact me if you need the screen shots.Version: 1.76
✓ Good fun (edit) was funGood fun good levels great for beginners (Edit) I used to use this app a lot but these days the app keeps crashing; there are a few bugs but one in particular keeps recurring: you move a piece and then without the AI making a move you are in checkmate. Also the little ads in the beginning are very annoying.Version: 1.70
✓ Crashes due to advertsOften times this app opens an ad as you're moving a piece instantly taking you to the App Store, but due to the advert not properly loading you are caught in a cycle of being sent to the App Store every time you go back to this app resulting in you losing the progress of your game. Can confirm this has happened on more than one device so pretty confident it's this app that has the problem. The AI is decent however, but nothing special..Version: 1.65
✓ Broken AI opponentI’ve been playing with the app for a few years now when I have the time. It’s good fun for the most part but the recent update seems to have completely broken its AI. The computer frequently makes random moves, actively cheats by moving into check, checking you without moving a piece, seems to sometimes just pass its turn without moving a piece and the most frustrating one, just removing one of your pieces from the board. These ruin an otherwise fun game of chess. I’ve uninstalled the app for now. Hopefully these get fixed soon..Version: 1.85
✓ ChessCouldn’t switch my king with my castle, otherwise good app..Version: 1.85
✓ Very buggyThe playability is great and a good challenge. However on a number of occasions I have found one of my pieces has just vanished without the opposition playing a move. It kind of ruins it when you have no confidence that the game is going to behave correctly..Version: 1.85
✓ Level 1Has anyone gotten pass the First level ? Any tips ?.Version: 1.76
✓ Vertical playingWhen I installed the game I realised just by actually looking at the title screen that the game was vertical playing which means that I can’t play it properly as I have an iPad. It’s kind of stupid really, clearly people are going to download this on tablets and they don’t want to have a vertical playing experience. So I find the game impossible to play. As well as the stupid playing position I was blasted with 7 ads even before I cleared the loading screen.Version: 1.76
✓ To long for computer to placeIf you do it on the most hardness it takes forever to place them even at the start.Version: 2.00
✓ Won’t run in ipados 15.1RepeatedLy closes.Version: 1.95
✓ AdsThe App use to be brilliant but has been over run with advertising. The worse element is opening the App for me it takes ages to close reopen and close in order to start a game. I have deleted the app and will come back in a few months to see if it’s any better. Once you are in the game experience is brilliant..Version: 2.02
✓ Mind numbingly uncompetitiveAs previous reviewers have pointed out, the player is frequently blocked from making valid moves while the computer isn’t. When at a disadvantage the computer will use dirty moves at a very high speed to make it difficult to detect. When the player is in check defensive moves are blocked, however the same does not apply in reverse. Having the computer opponent in check can often go on for over 10 minutes and when losing the computer will generate a pattern of moves that absolutely must be repeated. This triggers a threefold repetition rule, creating a draw where nobody wins. Having two sets of rules for player and computer is a highly uncompetitive practice that makes gameplay mind numbingly frustrating and dull. The rules are so clearly slanted that playing borders on pointless..Version: 1.76
✓ HiiiiiiiNow, it’s not because it’s a crummy app, But I’m terrible at chess and I was wondering if you could Make another easier stage for me and for everybody who is also not very good and a beginner so I know that you’re probably listen to to me and please listen because if you don’t I might even delete the app sorry I could maybe keep playing if I got better too.Version: 2.02
✓ AdsThese ads are terrible.Version: 2.01
✓ Very very very bad.On the hardest level and on time control, the computer will magically add a second bishop of the same color (either dark square or light square, but usually dark square in my experience.) Last time I checked, each player has 2 bishops. One light and one dark. It is impossible to have 2 bishops that are on the same color square. This always happens when I have a mate in 2 or 3. Seems like the computer is a loser and should get a life. Also the computer uses the bishop like an extra pawn. It positions the bishop behind 2 pawns in a V shaped form. Very silly and not chess at all. Very very bad chess. So, I will get a life myself and delete this funny app. Thank you for showing me what chess is not about. I will continue to enjoy chess while trying to get a life like your computer bishop. Although, I think I will be more successful than your silly computer bishop. I wish you the best, computer bishop..Version: 1.76
✓ Broken gameWould be good but the easiest difficulty is too hard for a beginner like me. I may be new and not know all the little tricks but even my friends know that the computer moves out of turn, there has been times it either took two turns or moved a poun 3 spaces or diagonal without taking a piece or moved the castle thing diagonal or the diagonal only piece up down and side to side, like even I know that’s against rules oh and yk that trick if you get a poun to the end of the board you get to swap pieces well sometimes it didn’t swap and just added or it wasn’t a poun and instead a knight and I know that’s against all the rules and when I try to do those exact same things I literally can’t cuz it’s not only not allowed but not existent rules or way of playing. This app is horrible because of all the flaws meant to make the computer win and it’s not a bug it’s literally the way the game was made. Other than that great graffics. Oh yeah sometimes my pieces would make how the shouldn’t be able to according to my sister who played for me once and she’s so not a newbie like me..Version: 1.85
✓ Computer cheatsSometimes the computer just says the game is draw instead. I am frustrated as I don’t understand why the king doesn’t have any move and the game is a draw..Version: 1.76
✓ Poorly programmed algorithm and annoying adsI have two main complaints about this app. First, on the chess side. I'm rated around 1800 USCF and tried playing on moderate difficulty levels. The thing about the AI is that it always plays very strong tactically, probably 2200+. Meaning it will never make a mistake that loses material, nor will it ever fail to capitalize on one of your own mistakes. On the other hand it is extremely weak positionally, I would estimate below 1200 level. And it plays absolutely garbage openings, worse than most human beginners. The result is that it will always give you a huge positional advantage in the opening, but then begin defending extremely accurately making it very difficult to actually win a game. It does not play anything remotely similar to a human player and creates lots of frustrating games. Second, the pop-up ads are the worst. I frequently got full screen pop-up ads for other apps that would not have an "X" on the screen to close them, and also wouldn't go away on their own. So I would be unable to get past the ad and to access the chess app at all. The only way would be to forcibly close the app and restart it, and hope that a different ad would appear. This completely ruins the user experience, independently of how the program actually plays. 1 star out of 5 for these reasons..Version: 1.76
✓ What?You dont know where the chess pices go.Version: 2.02
✓ Not all correctI have defeated the computer a couple of times when I have done this, the computer doesn’t like it and just says it’s a draw rather then recognising me as the winner.Version: 1.96
✓ WowI can’t believe this game. It doesn’t let me even play I’ll try to move a character but it makes me move the on it wants me to move..Version: 1.76
✓ It Lets Me Play Chess But I Cant Move Certain PlacesThe App Is Great And All and It Let Me Play Chess In My Free Time, But I Am Kind Of Upset That It Wont Le Me Move To A Place I Wanted To Move Even Though It Was Perfectly Fine To Move There. My Pons Sometimes Dont Capture Other Pieces When They’re Allowed To. It’s Fun To Be Able To Play Chess On A Device In My Free Time, But I Would Like These To Be Fixed. Once In A Game My King Was In Check And I Could Move It To Escape, But It Wouldn’t Let Me Move There And I Had To Restart My Game. Other Than That I’d Play This Game And Enjoy It. Maybe This Is A Bug But I Want It Fixed. This Is Still A Good Game And It Helped Me Get Better At Chess. Thank You For Hearing Me Out, And If You Cant Fix It That’s Okay. Thanks!.Version: 1.76
✓ Cannot do castlingA major shortcoming appears to be that it’s not possible to do special chess moves like castling or en passant. The AI can do this, however. When you have been checkmated, it doesn’t say - it just says ‘check’. Also, many games end as a draw due to stalemate, though these often look like checkmate instead..Version: 1.85
✓ Turns off my music? WTH??It’s 2021. Put a damned option in to allow music to keep playing. No, not the game’s music..Version: 1.87
✓ Bugged and Faulty.1) The AI would sometimes illegally skip turns (I undo’d to see if I just missed it, and the turn definitely just changed without moving a piece.) 2) The AI will also sometimes just “delete” your pieces, I.e. it would remove one of your pieces from the board without using a piece of its own to legally do so. Only owned the app half an hour and already ran into these two huge bugs. Very frustrating when it does so ruining a long game you’ve invested into..Version: 1.76
✓ NociePretty good but kind of boring sometimes but mostly it’s fun.Version: 1.95
✓ Asks to get access to your personal filesNot the best and not the worst program. I expected more for purchasing the program. Firs of all, when you take any pieces you don’t see what pieces you took already. Secondly I find it annoying that I can’t change the display of pieces and board. And thirdly and most importantly: you don’t need access to my photo library, you don’t need access to my music library!! Program works to the point. Today caught a screenshot where suddenly two opposition bishops appeared to run on the same colour, BOTH BISHOPS were on ON WHITE trying to catch my queen out. I’ve noticed, the quicker the ai makes the move the more probability that it cheats..Version: 1.85
✓ Hangs on opening advertisement and cannot be usedUsed to be a super app. - I’ve used it for years. At first it was straight in, then it used to show two games ads at the start but easy to click past these. Now it just hangs on the first ad. I deleted and downloaded again - fine at for a few day, then hanging. I’m using a new iPad. This app is now totally unusable. It simply doesn’t work..Version: 1.92
✓ New bugs introduced, no new featuresI first downloaded Chess Free in May 2012. Back then it was stable, but I wished it showed the computer's moves less transiently, e.g. by highlighting the squares it had moved from and to. The last update-but-one introduced a bug which meant games were not saved if you exit the app. The most recent update introduced a bug which stops the game from loading at all. Shame really, because I've enjoyed playing. On the plus side, the board looks nice. I'd give the May 2012 release four out of five, with the following wish-list: highlight moves, finer control over difficulty slider. The current release is unplayable though, so nought out of five seems about right..Version: 1.47
✓ Better ways of learning Chess, Better apps to help be betterThe app is okay. An okay shouldn't be seen as acceptable. The one thing I didn't like about the CPU is that openings would be very dodgy and and wouldn't follow the standard lines even at the highest difficulty which would be annoying since you have to account for those moves. But every move after around the 5th-ish would be perfect. So of course you'd have to do more calculations in your head, but you'd do that anyways on any platform/app. If you're trying to use this app to LEARN chess I'd strongly recommend downloading Stockfish since it tells you what openings you're playing and allows you to fine tune the CPU settings and as well as establishing custom positions. This app is okay, but just okay..Version: 1.65
✓ BEWARE! Hijacks browser. launches safari in middle of your game.If you don’t plan on immediately purchasing the no adds version don’t bother. Launches to some very disconcerting websites that are obvious hardcore adds, cookie injectors, and who knows what else. Yes we get it you need to eat and generate revenue but launching some hacker type site while I’m right in the middle of a chess move is fubar! Really kills the relaxing experience to have to go into cyber defense and stop your forced browser launch. There are other ways to get paid without treating potential customers like that. Comes off as very unscrupulous and greedy. Therefore uninstalled this app. I’d much rather watch two adds back to back at the beginning then have this thing kick me out of the game, launch safari, and hijack my browser force routing itself to go hit several sites on the for some pay per click. Not cool! Dislike would not recommend..Version: 1.70
✓ PfftForced to listen to the repetitive music or have no sound effects. There’s better apps than this one now keep looking.Version: 1.92
✓ Can not get rid of adsI have deleted this, since ads pop up and you can not cancel them to proceed to the game. Even if you click on the Ad it will not go away..Version: 1.90
✓ ChessPretty average, very laggy.Version: 1.70
✓ Think timeHow do you remove think time? 5 seconds is too long. Was better when the computer moved the pieces quick..Version: 1.76
✓ ChessmeisterExtremely inconsistent difficulty levels. One game AI plays like a beginner; the next a Grand Master - all in the same level. The sole purpose of the free app is to entice you into an £$ upgrade so no doubt these are strategies designed to do just that. In the meantime, frustrating and now looking elsewhere..Version: 1.93
✓ I loved it until I discovered deceit...😒I have been playing on this app for a few years almost DAILY when time allows. When I first was learning chess it was terrific and I was able to fine-tune my skills with the difficulty changer setting. That's a sweet plus for the app! Sadly, as I was able to move up to much higher difficulty levels, it wouldn't allow me to make some legal moves and it was able to make illegal moves. At first I thought it was just glitchy or that it knew rules that I didn't know. The game allowed a knight to move diagonally one square to take my rook that I used to take a piece and put its King in check. I thought was a glitch so I undid my move (the undo button is helpful for learners as well) and tried to redo it. It made the diagonal move again. I scoured the Internet to validate the legality of that move and couldn't find it anywhere, leaving the only conclusion to be that the computer in the game is somehow allowed to cheat. After reading other reviews of the game about some potential cheating going on, I am sad to say I will be deleting the app. As a new and learning chess player this app is useful but as an avid proficient chess player, it's equivalent to playing with a real person who tries to cheat. Chess is a game of challenging strategy and there is absolutely no room for cheating. Perhaps I'll check back on the app in a year or so to see if they have cleaned it up..Version: 1.65
✓ Allows the AI to cheat.I never give reviews on games. Yeah, yeah. I’ve seen the other reviews the same way. But in 10 years of being a fanatic of certain games, this is literally my first...... this is not a “bot.” Just a real guy in Denver at 5:15pm on a Monday. (As a reality check, I’ll add that current politics means Trump keeps playing the American public like this game plays against you.) 🤪 This game has an undo button which is great. However, if you play chess for real and you know the rules, then you will be frustrated like me. Occasionally, the AI player is allowed to move a piece in a completely unorthodox way. I.E. bishop moves horizontal OR rook moves diagonal. No amount of hitting undo will change that. Developers need to fix this. Otherwise this is NOT real chess. Plenty of free options out there. Download something else. 0 stars if I could. Instead, I’ll try 1 of the other 9 trillion chess apps. Buh bye..Version: 1.76
✓ Ads ruin itI normally don’t care about ads because all it takes is a little patience and then you can exit out of them, but I do have a big problem with the ads in this app. They pop up randomly during play, which is inconvenient enough, but then on top of that they direct you to programs that mess with your entire system. Mid-play it’ll redirect me to another screen and then even if my sound is off it’ll start making audible text-tones for no reason. Then when I close out of the ad it just opens back up again, and this happens multiple times before it finally goes away. I can understand wanting to generate revenue through an app you took the time and effort to design, but inconveniencing the people that you made the app for in the first place is what will cause them to abandon it for a better chess app, and it’ll deserve it..Version: 1.70
✓ I didn't know an AI could taunt people.Good for learning but whenever I play on harder difficulty levels the AI will try to get everything except for my king and once only my king is left it will just taunt me instead of actually trying to checkmate me. It will play forever until I make a stupid move and give it an easy checkmate instead of trying to set one up itself. Sometimes I will have only my king and a pawn left and it will have an opportunity to take my pawn but waits until I try to defend my pawn to take it. So basically the AI is a jerk. Please make it so the AI at least tries to checkmate me instead of just push me around..Version: 2.00
✓ Good AI, some annoying aspects.Good range of AI, but when the computer wins it just indicates check (when you win it indicates check mate). This often ends up with me wasting time looking for ways to get out of check that just aren't there..Version: 1.40
✓ Double adsUsed to be single ads. Now it’s double. And longer duration. If you keep going this way, I’m deleting your app. Signed-VERY long time user..Version: 1.76
✓ Hate the adsReally seriously. Get rid of the ads.Version: 2.01
✓ Ok but horrible codingFun game until the computer made a pretty significant illegal move and there wasn’t anything I could do about it. I had a pawn on g2, black had pawn on h4. My turn I move my pawn to g4, beside the other pawn. Looks good to me, neither pawn can attack as far as I’m aware of. But little do I know the computer has an ace up it’s sleeve -bad coding!! The black pawn, to my surprise, moves to g3! And to add to the Fisher-like move, captures my pawn on g4 somehow. I assumed it was a glitch so I hit the undo button and try again but nope. Bad coding is too strong to overcome. I’m no pro, but I’ve seen a game or two and I’ve never known the pawn to make this type of move. I’m uninstalling and finding a different app, recommend you do the same..Version: 1.85
✓ GlitchesThere is a glitch where if the bot doesn’t have a play that benefits them that you just lose one of your pieces..Version: 2.02
✓ Unbalanced and unnecessary drawsThere’s a few issues I have one being that there’s a difficulty slider (which would seem like a good thing) BUT!! The easier difficulty is literally no challenge what so ever to a somewhat experienced chess player and at around medium difficulty the computer has zero to no flaws I would seem, don’t get me wrong I’m no chess pro but I definitely know enough to where I should at least win half or about 40% of my games around the medium range but I just see no mistakes and the Ai definitely capitalized on your mistakes, also there have been a few times where I would be one or two moves away from checkmate and the game ends in a stalemate and that’s really annoying especially since the Ai play so good and you finally get close to winning.Version: 2.02
✓ New customerI’ve been playing chess for a while. I enjoy playing it and participating in tournaments x 2. My name is Wayne Jacko. Thank you..Version: 1.76
✓ Game likes to cheatSo I understand that this is a computer and it is very hard to beat. I couldn’t beat it for the longest time. Now when I finally had the chance to win the game suddenly starts cheating, bad... so I had to move my queen in place to make the checkmate, but when I tried moving her. It wouldn’t let me at all! So I moved something else thinking it’s just being dumb. When suddenly, my supporting knight disappeared. Just disappeared! Nobody was in his place, nobody attacked him! So I undo my turn and for the heck of it move a pawn up to protect because why not? Then my pawn that was castling my King disappeared. Discovering a rook attack on my King, then the game tells me I’m in checkmate. What it should’ve said was in check because I could’ve moved him out of the way. But the game ends like that with no chance of an undo. Sooooo I’m officially done with this game. It knows when it was about to lose and it started cheating lol. Playing against a 10yr old child computer I guess..Version: 1.70
✓ This is trashStill bad.Version: 1.76
✓ Checkmate from the player side doesn’t functionSo I played at the game 5 times and on the 6th I check the king and the program ignored it and just did something else. Took a photo of this random moment. I guess it’s not built to lose! Fix the bug. I’ll tag you if possible on social media.Version: 2.02
✓ Solid no.Terrible app. If you’re playing against the computer, if you’re in checkmate, it won’t tell you..Version: 2.10
✓ Two major problemsMost of the time the gameplay is fine, but: 1. Sometimes it doesn’t let you do a move that you should be able to do, which is quite annoying; and 2. for some reason, if the computer has checkmated you, it doesn’t tell you, and the match doesn’t end. You only have the option to undo your last move, or to click “menu” and manually restart a new game. If I’ve lost, I’d like to lose and be done with it, thank you very much. I tried to see if there was a setting to change this but there doesn’t seem to be. Both of these problems significantly reduce the enjoyability of the app. I think I’ll be looking for a better one..Version: 1.96
✓ Does not declare in app purchasesThis deceptive product requires a purchase to disable ads but does not declare it. I’m not interested in dishonest applications. I would happily pay up front for an app but I hate these apps that hide the true cost..Version: 1.76
✓ Heart attackWas very good. Maybe could have been a bit smoother, but worked o k a y... TL;DR: Game is good, no warnings as to the jumpscares. BUT THEN, I was just messing around, and all of a sudden the screen flashes. I flinch and look back, and it says “draw by repetition” Okay so.. 1) who cares if it’s repetition? It’s not like the AI’s gonna be mad or anything. 2) What the literal heck, why did it jumpscare me so bad! 3) It had to be so sudden?! Give me a hint I was doing something wrong! In conclusion, okay game, but gives you anxiety for any other game you ever download. :).Version: 1.76
✓ Annoying as hell.Having been in the retail industry for seven years, I understand that many people want a lot for a little. Most of us are cheap, or frugal, depending on your attitude. If the game was great, had more options, and better graphics, I’d agree with the idea of paying for something better. However, all that would happen is that the ads would be gone. I love chess, but you’re making it hard to want to upgrade. Make it 3D, battle chess, throw in some cool facts on a sidebar, saying, “Bobby Fisher’s favorite chess set, known as the ‘Dubrovnik’ was stolen. But it served him right. For, though he was the 1972 World Champion, he was also a complainer and wussy. In hindsight, he really had it coming.” Throw in anything, but don’t make me pay merely for the exclusion of ads. Weak..Version: 1.70
✓ If you want to learn chess go somewhere elseThe simplicity and graphics are nice but besides that there is no other point in getting this compared to other chess apps. The “difficulty scale” is not clear and you don’t have an accurate measurement of your skill level. Like other reviews the game has indeed cheated some times where a knight has taken my pawns with an illegal move. But after all that I persisted and was in the endgame with the advantage but when I moved a pawn forward the game suddenly ended saying I got checkmated. I know some might think I just left an opening but the computer didn’t even make a move after mine and I looked everywhere and my king was nowhere near check. Anyone wanting to learn chess should find a different app because there are plenty that are more tailored to actually helping you learn and have good AI..Version: 2.02
✓ Issues, needs fixing but has potentialMany glitches including rook being able to move diagonally, been that way for 6 years and still hasn’t been fixed. Same with the stalemate glitch where it will preemptively call stalemate before it even happens, as well as call stalemate when only the king can’t move, and the other pieces can still move… which is not stalemate. Also the pieces move too fast to the point where I often have to undo just to see what changed. On top of it there’s the ads, which I can understand the banner ads at the bottom of the screen, that’s okay, what’s not okay is the un-skippable full screen ads that last for 15-20 seconds. 100% of the time I immediately close the app and stop using it when those ads pop up. I would spend a much longer amount of time on the app if there were only the banner ads..Version: 2.02
✓ Slow computerTakes the computer awhile to take its move and my phone ain’t old its new.Version: 1.70
✓ A few things…Don’t get me wrong. This game is great. Yet there are a few essential things to fix. First of all, this game is NOT suitable for beginners to chess. Even on the easiest difficulty, the computer is really difficult to beat. Secondly, I was playing with the computer earlier, I was winning and then it suddenly announced a stalemate for no reason. The game is great and me and my dad play against each other all the time but when you’re playing against the computer this game is BROKEN..Version: 1.76
✓ Good graphics but sore loser!I won several games in a row against the AI and what was supposed to be a checkmate ended as a draw by stalemate. Can you just let me get the satisfaction of winning fair and square??? Aaarrggg!! That aside the game has a good interface and I like the music..Version: 1.76
✓ Pretty terrible honestlyI’ve tried downloading this app maybe a dozen times over the past few years. Always deleting it for the same reason. It has no ability to gradually change difficulty. Around the halfway Mark, it jumps from incredibly easy to very difficult. You can tell how night and day the computations are too because just the slightest movement to the left, and it moves pieces instantly. If you move it the slightest bit to the right, it takes a good 5 seconds per turn to figure it out. I dominate 10/10 times moving in the slightest way to the easier side, and can’t win at all going to the right. The whole point of chess is trying to find a good opponent, this difficulty bar should be staggered in numbers of 4, not as it is, cause it’s so misleading. Makes you think you can gradually increase difficulty, but for years it’s been exactly like this..Version: 1.87
✓ Worst everWorst chess game ever.Version: 2.01
✓ 50/50It is pretty cool but I think you should have some kind of instructions just incase people forget some of the rules. Other than that great app.Version: 1.50
✓ Biggest disappointment everMost disappointing chess app I have played , will either force you to move away from a piece it wants to take ( it wanted my knight so it would check me I'd move to a secure spot it would move away and I'd move to protect the knight again 3 times until it called a draw because I played the same move it also has refused to let me move a piece that would give me the win multiple times , it has said that the CPU put me in checkmate in a king and pawn vs. king (I was king and pawn) match you tell me how needs to be scrapped and recoded.Version: 1.65
✓ Has some bugsSometimes it stops the game and tells you it's a draw when you have 8 pieces left and the computer has only 2 and takes pieces when they are nowhere near the piece the computer just moved....Version: 1.40
✓ CheatsThe game cheats quite a lot. I have been stopped from making moves when I am winning, for instance I had two queens and computer had only the king. The game then popped up with a screen claiming “it’s a draw” I have never been in a game in which it is considered a draw when you clearly have an advantage. It also says “checkmate” a few times on the hardest difficulty when I can clearly see a move which allows me to get out of check. It needs a few patches to fix these issues such as a continue button!!.Version: 1.76
✓ Ok but could be better with a few more optionsIt’s a standard game but possibly not the best for beginners. The pieces all look very similar and in the heat of a game, they become indistinguishable. Would be better if there were a selection of chess piece designs to choose from. Also, the opponent moves too fast and you constantly have to undo last move to see which of your pieces, if any have been taken. Perhaps needs an option to slow down opponents move. Also the difficulty setting is a bit useless. Because chess is very suited to computer algorithms and computer logic it can be hard to beat (especially for beginners) . The difficulty rating doesn’t really help you improve because by lowering it, all it does is make the computer do ridiculous moves and therefore sacrifice pieces..Version: 1.85
✓ Pop-up ads, app freezes, phone screen freezes, and moreMy second attempt at posting a review. Leveling up a pawn tends to cause the app to freeze. A few weeks ago it got even worse, my phone (iPhone 12) screen would not function. I had to take the SIM card out and put it in an old phone to find a secondary way to reboot my phone. If the app freezes when you level up a pawn, do a hard reboot on your phone ASAP. I agree with the others who mentioned pop-up ads…even when the app’s ads are running it is ridiculous. Pop-up ads will run without notice even while you are playing. Ugh! I just deleted the app because I was close to winning but that stupid three repetition draw/stalemate stopped the game. That only happened because the computer opponent makes moves that a human never would. A common example, the computer king, when all alone, will do stupid things to cause a draw/stalemate. Why would a king intentionally go near my two rooks and my queen? Run the other way!!! UPDATE: The computer rooms are so cowardly! Most of the time when they move, they don’t take out my pieces. The rooks seem really scared to attack even to put me in check! I don’t get it!.Version: 2.00
✓ Full of ads with recent update that don’t go away, can’t switch appsI’ve had this app for several years but the developer updated the app to have a ton of ads. Like, way more than usual ad amounts for free apps. For example, today I opened it up and there was an ad that I couldn’t skip for like approx 15 seconds. Then, I played a few moves for my game opening and I checked a text message that came in (in total, I switched apps no more than 5 seconds to read the text). So, I switch back to the game and now there is yet another ad and it wouldn’t go away. Full screen ad, no X go close or skip it anywhere, and it stayed on screen and wouldn’t let me go through it back to the game. I waited 3 minutes and it’s still there!! And also it’s in a different language, and I don’t even know what it’s for. I came here to write this review and delete the app, and changing to another app now. It’s a shame because I used to use this app near daily for several years..Version: 2.01
✓ CheatingI love the style of the game and the way it plays other than , when you out play the computer and it calls a draw... I had 7 pieces to 2,moved twice at the king and it calls a draw... Either let me capture or the concede a loss ,, but draw :( It takes the fun out of it.Version: 1.65
✓ Good Strategy Game But Needs Some Improvements…The Bad= To Start off The Computer feels like it’s cheating as I only played maybe two or three games against the Computer, and all three times I’ve lost. And so Objectively that makes the The Computer Feel Not Only Impossible To Beat but also to Play Against and not fun at all, and on top of all that it also obviously makes it feel so unfair on top of it. And that is why now when I have the need to play which is not that often by the way I only play it in the 2 Player Mode. And visually it would be nice to have at least a few Aesthetic Options to choose from just for fun. And I feel that this App is a little on the dull side. And for some reason I just have a lot of Desire to play the App very often, and when I do it just feels a little bit of a chore. And what I mean by that is there is no way that I’m able to play let’s just a 2 out of 3 games in one sitting I can’t I just can’t sadly just the thought of it just feels a little Over Whelming to me personally. And that’s on top of everything that I have said. And unless I’m missing anything else that should do it for the Negatives. The Good= Sadly the only Positive thing that I could say about it is, that it’s a Serviceable Chess App. I really wished I could say more I really could but I just couldn’t think of any Unfortunately, for now at least. Final Thoughts= I’m not trying to Deter anyone from Downloading this App as I’ve said it’s Serviceable, I just wished there was a little more to it..Version: 2.02
✓ Calls “Draw by Stalemate” when it is about to looseDecent game. Computer seems pretty tough when set to slightly below middle of difficulty bar. So far, the computer has cheated me out of two wins since I paid to remove ads. Once when I chased its solo King all the way to my side of the board, and had mate in 1-move (i checked on nextmovechess and confirmed i had mate in 1-move). The other, computer had a solo King versus two Queens, a Rook, a pawn and my King. Again it called stalemate when I had mate in 1-move. Super frustrating after the time and effort to accomplish a win..Version: 2.10
✓ Too many ads sometimes the ads don’t let me play chessUrghhh.Version: 2.10
✓ ChessFun app- do not like the stalemate that happens a lot when you close in for the win . Or creating a stalemate when your going to lose badly . Few bugs that need to be worked out . I paid the 3 bucks to get without ads & is worth it.Version: 2.00
✓ Unusual moves.It’s funny… I didn’t know pawns could take a piece behind them. I also didn’t know pawns could move like a bishop from the middle of the board, along a diagonal line to take my rook in its starting position….Version: 2.01
✓ Cheats and doesn’t allow moves that are allowedHate this game love the really board game.Version: 1.85
✓ ChessGreat game for online that you can change the difficulty and other games you can get too.Version: 1.95
✓ Unbelievably buggyDon't download the game at all in the first place. I unwittingly got the game, played for a few weeks on difficulties below half, and once I increased the difficulty to higher levels, the game experienced the most frustrating errors I have ever encountered. Prevents the player from putting the opponent king in check, prevents the player from making some moves; I scoured the internet for rules against the moves I wished to make and found none. I have been playing chess all my life and there is absolutely no reason that I could not make these moves. For example, the opponent moved their king into check and then I was not allowed to take their king. My pieces frequently disappear, seemingly only when the opponent is bad position. These are not occasional, isolated errors; each game sees several errors in it. I suggest not to download the game at all until these bugs are worked out..Version: 1.65
✓ RandomPutting the tedious and somewhat noisy opening adverts aside, I have generally been content with this app. However, I was playing this game today and suddenly a scantily clad lady appeared on the screen and started to gyrate suggestively before taking her clothes off and going on a finger safari. Not really what I expected from a game of chess. App deleted..Version: 1.87
✓ Few glitchesSometimes the game does allow you to move the pawn out 2 spaces - usually when a single space move results in you pawn being taken. Also computer can castle, but I cannot figure out to how to castle myself. I’d also like the chance to play black instead of always white..Version: 2.02
✓ Glitchy but free.App is very glitchy (won't say when you are in checkmate, does not recognise some moves, and has a major bug when you move pawn two square out) that said - I play this free version often so must be somewhat passable..Version: 1.65
✓ Can’t play itIt just locks me in to downloading some solitaire application..Version: 1.76
✓ It's OKA great game for the iPhone. It works well enough, though as a single player against the AI, it cheats! It refuses to allow en-passant moves by pawns even though it will do such to the player; and sometimes just before the player can inevitably win a game, it will claim a draw instead, refusing a legitimate score to the single player. The interface is clear and the options are extensive and helpful (e.g. turning on or off music etc). A good free app for someone looking for a classic game..Version: 1.65
✓ It’s wrongMy only major complaint with this game is that sometimes it’ll call a stalemate when it is definitely a checkmate. it happens a lot, actually. i’ll put the opposing king in a position where he can’t move without putting himself in check, while i have the liberty to move and avoid check. (which is checkmate), and the game will tell me “draw by stalemate”. very annoying. also, i don’t know how to make “rooking” happen. the AI will do it, but i never have the ability to do so — and will sometimes have to restart the game because rooking is the only way to save my king — and the game won’t checkmate it. this game has been around since the first or second iphone, so i have some nostalgia for it — and would like these bugs to be fixed..Version: 1.85
✓ It's ok but annoyingThe game itself is good, I like that it allows you to change the difficulty but what's really annoying is that it won't allow you to do something that's gonna make you win or lose. Like for instance I my queen could have captured the computers rook without ending up in "harms way". I reviewed the board several times wondering why it wouldn't let me make the move and there was nothing that would get my queen or kind captured it just wouldn't let me take the rook. It was really annoying especially cause it happens in every game and I keep reviewing the board to see what's wrong but nothing is..Version: 1.65
✓ TerribleTry any other chess app.Version: 2.10
✓ Wrong moveWrong moves by the phone.Version: 1.76
✓ Irritating, Annoying, do not buy this game!This game was fun to play but i was disappointed after i discovered if i move my piece to many times it becomes stale mate. I thought this was just a one timer thing but this repeatedly happened. As you can imagine this was annoying when you have 1 queens, 1 bishops, king and 2 knights against there king already in position for check mate! This game became extremely annoying! I advice people not to buy this game but i believe it is good enough for people wanting to learn chess. From the SAS MASTER!.Version: 1.65
✓ Please add a button to turn the sound offHey, love the app, but please add an option to turn the sound/ music off so I can listen to my own music without I being cut off by the app. (Specifically for headphones).Version: 1.76
✓ Ads ads adsIs this software a joke? Every time I open the app it shows an add. Doesn’t matter if I literally click quickly to a different app and back while I’m in the middle of a game... more adds. Get real..Version: 1.85
✓ DisappointedI was playing this game daily and I loved it but I was really disappointed by the same issue many people seem to be having with the game: the opponent cheating or using illegal moves when on an increased difficulty. I'm not that good at chess so when I put the difficulty to the max I've lost every time, but today, for the first time I had victory in my sights as I was 2 moves away from a clear checkmate. To my dismay, however, when the opponent was given a turn, none of his pieces moved and my queen just disappeared. I tried moving to every spot I could on the board thinking maybe it was just a rule I didn't know of but no matter what I'd do, he wouldn't move a single piece and my queen would just disappear. Really disappointing and if this problem gets fixed I'll change the rating. Otherwise I recommend not downloading this game due to possibly major let downs..Version: 1.65
✓ It’s fine, but...Now that they have added the castling, the graphics looks good, and pretty much all of the mechanics of chess is in chess, but... For some reason, when I play 1 player with the com, when I check it in a good position, or I’m in some advantageous position it vanquishes the piece I was checking it with. Furthermore sometimes the comp doesn’t even move..Version: 1.85
✓ Not goodFirstly, there is so much better apps out there. I don’t like that you don’t know at what level you at. If the slider for difficulty had levels or tuff ness rating would be good. Also the computer moves incredibly quick. So if you blink, you can’t see where he moved. So you need to scan the board to see what he has done. I also agree, this is not an app for beginners. If you a good player, this app will test your chess abilities. That’s the only reason I gave the app some credit..Version: 1.87
✓ AI programmed with cheatsWhen playing against the AI on the hardest difficulty, whenever you get close to defeating it the computer develops an illegal strategy for beating you. For example: once I was playing against it and my King was put into infinite check until the computer eventually defeated despite the king only being in check for the final checkmate; another time the opposition’s pawn became a queen without a change of class/reaching the other side of the board and today the final straw was when I had the opponents king one move from checkmate and the computers strategy was to simply delete my queen without moving a piece. It’s a bit difficult to mess up chess but this application seems to do a good job of it..Version: 1.76
✓ Garbage chess appI’m a moderate level player. I’m not super experienced but I know enough to know about chess openings and I can say for certain that the cpu plays the worst openings I’ve ever seen from a computer. But after the first 5-10 moves the cpu becomes ridiculously good to the point where it’s near impossible to gain an advantage and the rare times you can gain an advantage the game will straight up cheat. I won a rook with my queen and the cpu pawn moved in a literal L pattern and took my queen. All this was with the slider at the default. Not to mention the excessive amount of ads. I don’t know how this app got so many 5 stars but I bet a lot of them aren’t legitimate. Don’t download this app..Version: 2.10
✓ DisappointingIt’s not hard to get a chess app wrong, but they had several issues. The biggest one is you will get lots of draws for stalemates really quickly, several times when they were about to be check mate one move away; yet this doesn’t happen when the computer has you on the ropes. I’ve been given a stalemate when they were down to just the king and I had 7/8 pieces left including the Queen after only a couple of turns each. The slider to determine the computer’s strength could be done a lot better. It would like it if the computers turn was shown in slow motion as it’s very fast..Version: 2.02
✓ FreezesIt’s an okay game which freezes at end of some games. I paid for the ads to be removed, that works. On some games when the King can’t move the game doesn’t end it just freezes so there’s no conclusion to the game..Version: 2.10
✓ Too many adsI understand there has to be some ads, but this app has so many I couldn’t even bother playing chess. Useless, deleted app and won’t be back..Version: 1.87
✓ Can’t move to legal spotsThis app is a very good app except one thing, I can’t move to legal places. I keep getting my knight close to the king on the white side but It won’t let me take the king. I can’t get close to the king on the other team as well. My pawns also can move 3 spaces which is most definitely a bug so please fix that. None of my characters can put any of the bots in check or checkmate which is very aggravating and I read some of the reviews saying they had the same problem. Im unable to play the game and win even on the easiest mode. The bot is also cheating and moving to illegal places to win. Please recode this app because it is frustrating a lot of people including me and my friends who have downloaded it. Please and thank you..Version: 1.85
✓ A good game... for people who know what they’re doingSo it’s been awhile since I played this game. I got back on just now, but I don’t think it’s very good anymore. Not by preference, otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this review, but the computer’s knight took out every single pawn I had in just a few moves, ignoring any of the legal moves a knight must follow (ex. Going three squares downward in a straight line and two diagonal). Eventually it was just my King left, and I was right next to someone from the computer I wanted to take out, but it just wouldn’t let me move there. I checked again and again, and there was nothing that could take me out if I made that move. It’s not very good for beginners, in summary, who would think they could do those things legally. It’s learning wrong. Sadly I think I have to delete the app, but it’s a good game for people who know what they’re doing and have a good idea of what to do..Version: 1.76
✓ Computer player will not let you ever win.Computer will not allow you to win. I have won several times. When it knows it has lost it does illegal moves or just says check mate for no reason. Some times random pieces just disappear on the board lol. Or even better pawns will turn into bishops randomly, even when they are in play in the middle of the board and haven’t made it to the end of the board to swap out. But its entertaining and very tough to beat until you figure out the correct moves. Again this is how you know you have beat the computer, when it starts freaking out and doing weird stuff. Still fun just wish they would let you win when you deserve to..Version: 1.76
✓ ChessThis trash.Version: 1.76
✓ IssueEver since the new update with the ads coming on whenever you go back into the app my app just shows a black screen after I click out of the ad and I can’t play any games - please fix. 5 stars usually but I can’t even access the game now..Version: 1.85
✓ Not the best chess app...App is so slow, and so many ads you get so frustrated like cmonnn I’m tryna play.Version: 1.76
✓ GlitchesSo I used to have that game about 2 years ago and played almost everyday. I re-uploaded it last week and started using it with no issues . After 5 days got to a really nice game where I was about to get the computer checkmate when suddenly my queen disappeared! Thought it was a mistake undid the move and tried again then same thing happen. Thinking that I didn’t know a certain rule I decide to change my move and then my cavalier and tour both disappear. So came to the review to see if I was the only one having that issue but it seems like it is pretty common So I really hope it get fixed soon. Thanks.Version: 1.76
✓ Ruined by adsA decent chess game but one aspect of chess is that you tend to have to think about your moves, which takes time. If your screen blanks while you think, you have to sit through another ad to get back to the game. I suspect there are apps with less intrusive advertising. The lack of any record of your performance is also disappointing. I wouldn’t bother with this one..Version: 1.76
✓ Instructions on how to castle would be helpful.See title.Version: 2.02
✓ Decent app, major ad issuesDecent for a basic chess game. I get that companies earn revenue off ads, but what I can’t excuse is the fact that after an ad plays Spotify does not resume what was playing before. And if you try to multitask over to the Spotify app to hit play again a new ad plays when you return to this game. An endless loop. You literally can’t listen to music/podcasts while playing this game. Simply poor coding and attention to detail..Version: 1.76
✓ Fraudulent Advertisement Included! Beware!During startup, the app loads a fraudulent advertisement claiming that “iPhone Memory is Full”. The advertisement uses the Apple Settings icon, mimics an Apple Notification (uses the same font, layout, and sections), and attempts to deceptively and maliciously manipulate the user into tapping on the “Clean Memory” button in order to redirect the user to the Smart Cleaner app located in the Apple App Store. Please remove this app (Chess) and the corresponding app it is advertising (Smart Cleaner) to protect yourself from potentially malicious software. This issue has been reported to Apple with the hope that Apple will conduct a thorough investigation of the matter and will take the appropriate steps necessary to verify this information and remove this app and the app it is advertising, if necessary. Thank you..Version: 2.01
✓ Every time you open it up, there is a looooong adThen they keep getting long. I just found myself having to play an ad game which wouldn’t go away. I kept expectations extend to see a dismiss or exit icon but it never came..Version: 1.70
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