Chess Premium — The Chess Game Your iPhone Deserves
No ads. No internet required. Just chess, beautifully designed for your iPhone and iPad.
Whether you're picking up chess for the first time or looking for a worthy opponent at 2am, Chess Premium delivers. Play against a sophisticated AI with adjustable difficulty — from patient teacher to ruthless opponent — or hand the phone to a friend for a classic two-player match.
What makes it Premium:
• Stunning visuals built for Retina displays — not ported from another era
• AI engine that actually challenges you, with difficulty levels that grow with your game
• Offline play, always available — no Wi-Fi, no account, no nonsense
• Auto-saves instantly when you take a call or switch apps
• Undo support, configurable player names, and full score tracking
No subscriptions. No ads. Buy once, play forever.
Download Chess Premium and play your first game in seconds.
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A good way to learn more from the game. Also too keep ones mind Healthily and active. It has a mathematical side too it. That helps with ones problem solving. Also ones everyday use of math. I love being able to play when I whish too. I am not as good as some. But I can surprise myself and others whom I play. I have lost a lot of games. But with this game app of chest I have found my game equal, level. Also an higher level that keeps my mind challenged. It would be good for beginners. Plus it would be a good app for those who are more advance in playing the game of CHESS.
Best Chess eva, eva!
Sakadabara
I play chess since age of 5 and computer vs human experience has never been so exuberant as this app. One could choose the level of difficulty , so quite often user could win. But even at the easier levels artificial intelligence of the game is awesome!It is very nice as well to have the opportunity to move a move back and to rethink your strategy.Graphics and sounds are wonderful and vivid.
Been playing this for years
Beebopalula1234
I really like this 2D version and always play against the computer. The only thing which hasn’t been resolved yet that I would like is the ability to see which pieces you and your opponent have taken as you have to do a quick recount of the board
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Ezeotosi
Great. I have beaten the computer only once in very many games. That was after several ‘undo’ by me. Great entertainment. I always come back to , it perhaps I could win a second time!!!!!
• Chess Premium is now universal — fully native on both iPhone and iPad
• Fixed an issue where the engine could incorrectly declare or miss checkmate
• Fixed a bug that caused phantom pieces to appear or pieces to vanish mid-game — if you still experience this, please email support@optimesoftware.com (a short video helps enormously)
• Removed debug output from the chess engine, so it thinks faster and uses less battery
• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause a crash after undo
Version 2.21
The developer, Optime Software LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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Information
Provider
Optime Software LLC
Size
40.5 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.
