Chess Variants Studio

Play • Analyze • Review

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Play any of nine variants of chess with 8 levels, 1200-2100, against the custom Pulsar engine. Review games with variant engine analysis. Styles supported are Chess960, Crazyhouse, Atomic, Losers, Giveaway, Three Checks, Advanced Pawns, Reversed Pawns and Random Pieces. The rules are included in-app. No signup. Ad Free. Works Offline. The playing program is one i've designed and tested at different levels on internet chess servers in order to come up with the ratings on the board. Ratings range from 1200 to 2100 or 2200 depending on variant. Try the app for free. There's 10 free plays of pure variants like atomic, crazyhouse and loser's and 10 free plays of chessic variants like chess960 and 30 free views of played games with analysis. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited play and variant engine analysis. Played games are logged and can also be viewed/analyzed. When reviewing the player's games, users can override the moves and start making their own moves. Back up to main line to undo. If the user goes looks at the Moves while reviewing, the game can be copied to the clipboard. The app comes with two skin themes, a reddish wood and a teal. Also here are multiple board and piece choices to choose from in settings.

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Fix to prevent bad data from creeping in to engine's hash table between moves

Version 1.1

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    Information

    Seller
    • Michael Adams
    Size
    • 8.9 MB
    Category
    • Board
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    Languages
    English and 4 more
    • English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Michael Adams
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