iChess - Chess puzzles app for iPhone and iPad

4.0 ( 8480 ratings )

Games Board Strategy
Developer: Asim Pereira

Free

Current version: 2.4.1, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 10 Sep 2013
App size: 74.6 Mb

Chess puzzles are an ideal way to practice without having to find an opponent or spend time playing an actual game. iChess presents 1000 offline puzzles from real FIDE tournament games. Just launch and start solving!

******* The popular Chess app is now on iOS!

FEATURES
- Three difficulty levels. All puzzles are offline. No internet connection required
- Load your own PGN puzzle file by saving the PGN to the iChess Documents folder (via Mac/PC). Games in Chessbase CBH format not supported. You can also practice openings or study famous games. Simply load a full PGN of games and make the best move.
- Bird View feature to view Solved/Failed and unseen puzzles.
- Scorecard to track your progress
- Analyze the puzzle with a Chess Engine! (Needs separate Analyze This app)
- Master Chess openings by solving chess tactics from openings like Sicilian, Kings Indian etc (not free)
- Solve puzzles from top recent tournament chess games (not free)

NOTE
* Some puzzles simply win a pawn or a piece and not necessarily end in checkmate
* Puzzles are arranged in increasing order of difficulty
* This is not an app to play chess online or play against the mobile or with friends
* Thanks to theweekinchess.com and pgnmentor.com for the free PGN files

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Enjoy solving puzzles from games of World Champ Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Kramnik, Aronian, Nakamura, Gelfand, Radjabov, Polgar and others.
Stay up to date with puzzles from games played in Tata Steel, London Chess Classic, Chess Olympiad, World Championship, European Teams, Candidates, Alekhine mem etc.

Additional puzzles (Recent Months, Mate themes, Openings etc) available for purchase via the App

Pros and cons of iChess - Chess puzzles app for iPhone and iPad

iChess - Chess puzzles app good for

App runs smoothly. No purchase required to get full use out of app. Thanks for your hard work!

Perfect and free, congratulations to the makers of this program. I recommend you without thinking ..

Some bad moments

There have been several instances where MUCH better moves are available and could have been made, but the player and developer of the app couldnt find them and thus consider them failed moves. Dont make an app if youre stupid.

Would be an excellent app of it didnt crash after every move made. Also it would be nice if there was a comment section which allowed users to explain the tactical motifs. You wont learn anything if you dont know why a move was the correct one!

Im having a lot of issues under iOS7 on my iPad. I made it 19 puzzles on my first go and then 7 on the second before the app crashes and starts me back on puzzle #1.

The purchase didnt work. Please dont waste your hard earn money. I paid for the puzzle nothing downloaded it just asked me to pay again. Emailed asim he replied didnt know! Its not a big money but its ridiculous. Negative 1000 stars if possible.

Not a bad app. However it is not upgraded for iOS 7. Also the puzzles are too easy. Poor graphics.

I love this. Multiple levels of difficulty. Great brain workout.

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