Chess Server 4+
Adrian3
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Finally there is an app for playing chess on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) worthy of an Apple device. No more ugly pieces, clunky interfaces, or flakey connections.
And best of all, it is free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no membership fees.
The interface is minimal and very easy to use. The pieces are professional and optimized for Retina devices. Care was taken to ensure a great experience across the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices.
Chess Server's Features Include:
- Play as a guest or FICS member
- Play rated or unrated games
- Watch the top rated players live 24 hours a day
- Chat with opponents
- Easy control the parameters of your game invitations
- Auto login for nearly instant connection to FICS
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Keeping this app free is my way of giving back to the chess community that have supported my apps. If you like it, you can thank me by installing Chess Puzzles Pro, or Grandmaster Archive.
If you have suggestions for improvements, I welcome your feedback. With your help, this app will become the preferred app of the thousands of FICS members.
What’s New
Version 1.0
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Ratings and Reviews
Rudimentary
Too basic in its features. You can only "seek", and not see other player's game offers, that way you never have any control over who you're gonna end up playing.
Also, too few seek options are available.
Apart from that, the app picks a random match if you want to watch a match, again, you have no control here. Ridiculous.
The worst thing, though, is that you still experience sever lag, so even though you move instantly when when you see your opponent's piece move, five seconds may have passed. This basically renders blitz game playing impossible.
A useless app for chess playing on FICS.
App Privacy
The developer, Adrian3, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
No Details Provided
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Information
- Provider
- Adrian Hanft
- Size
- 2.3 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 7.1 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 7.1 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 7.1 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013 Adrian Hanft
- Price
- Free