Chess Tiger Pro
Learn, play, improve!
£7.99 · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad
Beginner or advanced, become a chess master, without ever being disturbed by ads.
Do you want to master the most prestigious, the classiest game ever, while having fun?
It's EASY! For starters, there are no ads to distract you. There's no account to create, and you don't even need to be connected to the Internet.
So, how does it work?
If you are a beginner, let yourself be guided by the introductory lessons included. The lessons are SHORT and EASY. Right from the start, you begin playing by moving pieces, and you learn the rules of the game while having fun. The first 40 lessons are free.
Once you know the rules, you start playing real games! The coach shows you the moves a Grandmaster would pick. Not just one move, but THE 4 BEST MOVES.
Sounds too simple? But think about it... How did you learn to speak as a child? Did you take grammar and spelling lessons? Of course not. You listened to the adults talk and then you went for it! Because that's how you learn!
This app allows you to do just that, AND IT WORKS!
From the very first games, you start learning effortlessly. You immediately enjoy playing, and after a while you notice that the right moves come to mind naturally, as if they were obvious.
Gradually, you deactivate the suggestions and play by yourself. At the end of each game, the coach shows you the good and bad moves you've made. You can better understand what happened, and you can even try out other moves to improve.
If this sounds unbelievable, you should read the user reviews for our app. It has one of the highest satisfaction ratings on the App Store, in all countries.
FOR BEGINNERS, THIS APP...
• contains introductory chess lessons that are suitable even for children. The first 40 are free.
• shows you all the possible moves of a piece when you touch it.
• explains why certain moves are forbidden.
• can suggest 4 to 6 excellent moves at any one time. The green button lets you show or hide these suggestions.
• can tell you when you can mate your opponent, so you can look for the winning move by yourself.
• can warn you when your opponent is about to play a dangerous move.
• provides 50 trainer levels of increasing difficulty.
• analyzes your games and shows you how to improve.
FOR EXPERTS:
• Both USCF and FIDE rating scales are supported.
• Chess Tiger Pro has one of the strongest chess engines for mobile devices (3040 USCF Elo).
• On current devices, as incredible as it sounds, it plays at the world champion level.
• You can set up any position.
• You can save your games and replay them later.
• You can exchange games with your friends very easily by email.
• You can import game collections in PGN format.
• The chess engine displays its thinking, up to 20 moves ahead.
• You can analyze a game by replaying it. Chess Tiger Pro indicates bad moves by coloring them red. The 4 best moves in each position are shown in green.
• Chess Tiger Pro supports variations: you can test other moves and then return to your original game.
OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE:
• The coach can comment on the game as you play (optional).
• When the game is over, the coach can analyze it and show you how to improve.
• 19 beautiful visual themes are included, which you can customize.
• 10 styles of chess pieces are available.
• You can choose from 20 chessboard styles (marble, blue marble, wood, metal, stone, …).
• A collection of over 10,000 famous games by the greatest players of all time is included. For example, the entire career of Magnus Carlsen, since 2001, is available.
• 4 playing styles are included, from «cautious» to «suicidal», which you can combine with all available levels.
• Includes an opening book of more than one million moves.
• Many customization options are available (graphics, sounds, engine output…).
• ...and much more...
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more This is a nice app but the game analysis is basic and I can’t find a way to get a copy of the Pgn for my games. (Could be me) I could write the moves down I suppose. There’s also something going off with the ELO values that makes it different to other apps… I reckon the app could easily cope with strong players and I reckon it could handle a 2000 player or above without any issues. The flip side of that is it can also deal with beginners and help bring on a new / beginner player so they don’t feel overwhelmed. For a one off payment it’s good app. The coaching is ok (you get what you pay for) and if you play a lot and study a lot then you could see improvements in your skill. There’s just the 1 thing I’m missing… I would like more helpful analysis (Pgn file) of the games. Am I expecting too much? It could be me (more than likely). Deep analysis of games is how you improve. When all said and done… It’s a nice functional, stable Chess app that plays Chess well.*** UPDATE ***I found how to get access to Pgn!I read through the help section and went through the options (again) and found out that on some of the games I could share the game via email.I’m improving my knowledge of chess and this app. The app gets 5 stars ⭐️
This is a nice app but the game analysis is basic and I can’t find a way to get a copy of the Pgn for my games. (Could be me) I could write the moves down I suppose. There’s also something going off with the ELO values that makes it different to other apps… I reckon the app could easily cope with strong players and I reckon it could handle a 2000 player or above without any issues. The flip side of that is it can also deal with beginners and help bring on a new / beginner player so they don’t feel overwhelmed. For a one off payment it’s good app. The coaching is ok (you get what you pay for) and if you play a lot and study a lot then you could see improvements in your skill. There’s just the 1 thing I’m missing… I would like more helpful analysis (Pgn file) of the games. Am I expecting too much? It could be me (more than likely). Deep analysis of games is how you improve. When all said and done… It’s a nice functional, stable Chess app that plays Chess well.*** UPDATE ***I found how to get access to Pgn!I read through the help section and went through the options (again) and found out that on some of the games I could share the game via email.I’m improving my knowledge of chess and this app. The app gets 5 stars ⭐️
I wrote a review about this app some considerable time ago and praised it to high heaven. Now that I’ve had more experience with it I’m not quite as positive as I was, though I have to say I still like the appearance and user interface. Moreover, the engine is easily strong enough to beat me. However, when playing Black at my lowly level I would expect to face 1 e4 or 1 d4 most of the time, with the odd smattering of other openings thrown in. But the app is fixated by 1 c4, 1 Nf3 and particularly 1 f4, all of which you get far more often than either 1 e4 and 1 d4. And if you force it to play 1 e4 or 1 d4 it often forgets that it has an opening book and plays some very strange moves. On the iPad version I have found that after a while it reaches a point where it will ONLY open with 1 Nf3, and then not long afterwards the squares disappear and the board turns entirely black. You then have to delete the app and reinstall it. In the ‘Settings’ menu there is an item that allegedly allows you to report a problem. When I tried to use this a message came up saying my iPad isn’t configured to send e-mails, which it clearly is because I use it for that every day. So it would seem the app is far from bug-free. When it’s working properly the gameplay is good and I’m generally very happy with it, apart from now being well sick of the sight of 1 f4. But trying to get it to play the two most common opening moves with proper frequency proves very wearing after a while.
I wrote a review about this app some considerable time ago and praised it to high heaven. Now that I’ve had more experience with it I’m not quite as positive as I was, though I have to say I still like the appearance and user interface. Moreover, the engine is easily strong enough to beat me. However, when playing Black at my lowly level I would expect to face 1 e4 or 1 d4 most of the time, with the odd smattering of other openings thrown in. But the app is fixated by 1 c4, 1 Nf3 and particularly 1 f4, all of which you get far more often than either 1 e4 and 1 d4. And if you force it to play 1 e4 or 1 d4 it often forgets that it has an opening book and plays some very strange moves. On the iPad version I have found that after a while it reaches a point where it will ONLY open with 1 Nf3, and then not long afterwards the squares disappear and the board turns entirely black. You then have to delete the app and reinstall it. In the ‘Settings’ menu there is an item that allegedly allows you to report a problem. When I tried to use this a message came up saying my iPad isn’t configured to send e-mails, which it clearly is because I use it for that every day. So it would seem the app is far from bug-free. When it’s working properly the gameplay is good and I’m generally very happy with it, apart from now being well sick of the sight of 1 f4. But trying to get it to play the two most common opening moves with proper frequency proves very wearing after a while.
Definitely one of my favourite apps. I've been using the Chess Tiger engine for over ten years, starting on PalmOS. I've loved the aesthetics and the way it is crafted as much as its feature list and capabilities as a chess engine. It's a fantastic app for the iPhone or iPad now. If you love chess you'll certainly love Chess Pro. It's an absolute joy to use, and the 64 bit CT engine is probably the best there is. Many congratulations/thanks to its brilliant creator: Christophe Theron. Keep up the good work; I look forward to seeing how this app evolves. I really like the policy of not making changes for change's sake. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and Chess Pro seems pretty much perfect as is. But, of course, nothing is...
Definitely one of my favourite apps. I've been using the Chess Tiger engine for over ten years, starting on PalmOS. I've loved the aesthetics and the way it is crafted as much as its feature list and capabilities as a chess engine. It's a fantastic app for the iPhone or iPad now. If you love chess you'll certainly love Chess Pro. It's an absolute joy to use, and the 64 bit CT engine is probably the best there is. Many congratulations/thanks to its brilliant creator: Christophe Theron. Keep up the good work; I look forward to seeing how this app evolves. I really like the policy of not making changes for change's sake. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and Chess Pro seems pretty much perfect as is. But, of course, nothing is...
Really enjoying this app. Id like to think I'll be good one day. I play this most days on a low difficulty with some of its coaching features turned on. I usually play with the 'suggestions' feature turned off, because that makes it too easy. But it can be interesting to turn it on just before you make your move, to see if you're thinking right. Also; the notification that pops up when you're close to check-mate (either your King or opponents) is very helpful, because most of the time I don't even realise how that happened. This means I have much to learn about the game and slowly I will disable the features to make it harder for me.
Really enjoying this app. Id like to think I'll be good one day. I play this most days on a low difficulty with some of its coaching features turned on. I usually play with the 'suggestions' feature turned off, because that makes it too easy. But it can be interesting to turn it on just before you make your move, to see if you're thinking right. Also; the notification that pops up when you're close to check-mate (either your King or opponents) is very helpful, because most of the time I don't even realise how that happened. This means I have much to learn about the game and slowly I will disable the features to make it harder for me.
- We have fixed an unexpected app shutdown which could occur when creating a new variation in the game.
- We have improved a cosmetic detail in the lessons on iPad.
- We have improved the layout of "Analyze my game" on iPhone 6s/7/8/SE.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2026.09.01 30 Aug
- The design of the arrows and suggestions (green lines) is more elegant.
- The chess engine has been improved.
- An unexpected (but rare) app shutdown in the lessons has been fixed.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2026.08.14 19 Aug
- Hints are now available in the lessons. You'll never get stuck!
- Many adjustments have been made for iOS 26.
- On iPad, the text was too large on some pages. We've fixed that.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 8 updates, including the following improvements:
- New «Learn» section, with 145 introductory chess lessons.
- New «Frosted glass» button style.
- New promotion menu.
- Most sounds can now be disabled individually.
- Works perfectly on Macs with an «Apple Silicon» chip (including the MacBook Neo).
2026.04.18 22 Apr
- New «Learn» section, with 145 introductory chess lessons.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 8 updates, including the following improvements:
- New «Frosted glass» button style.
- New promotion menu.
- You can now copy the game to the clipboard, enabling you to paste it into a note or message, for example.
- A new option lets you disable the «Suggestions» button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- Most sounds can now be disabled individually.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5...).
- «Analyze my game» has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
2025.11.02 02/11/2025
- New «Frosted glass» button style.
- New promotion menu.
- You can now copy the game to the clipboard, enabling you to paste it into a note or message, for example.
- We have fixed a problem that occurred when two pieces were touched at the same time.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 15 updates, including the following improvements:
- We have added new visual themes: «Green felt (dark)», «Dark» and «Dark wood».
- New chess set: «Lucena».
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- A new option lets you disable the «Suggestions» button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- Most sounds can now be disabled individually.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for «Show crosshair» in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- «Analyze my game» has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
2025.07.10 10/07/2025
- Most sounds can now be disabled individually.
- When you move a piece, its starting square is highlighted by a blue frame (you can disable it with the «Highlight the starting square» option).
- We have fixed the «Show the touched square» option, which could not be disabled in the previous version.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 17 updates, including the following improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: «Green felt (dark)», «Dark» and «Dark wood».
- New chess set: «Lucena».
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- A new option lets you disable the «Suggestions» button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for «Show crosshair» in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- «Analyze my game» has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
2025.06.05 05/06/2025
- The volume of the app's sound effects can now be adjusted directly with the device's volume buttons, or with the volume control in the Control Center (previously, it was linked to the ringer volume, which is not as easily accessible).
- New sounds are emitted when the app asks a question or displays important information (they can be disabled in the «Settings» page).
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 14 updates, including the following improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: «Green felt (dark)», «Dark» and «Dark wood».
- New chess set: «Lucena».
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- A new option lets you disable the «Suggestions» button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for «Show crosshair» in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- «Analyze my game» has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
2025.05.22 22/05/2025
- Fixed: there could be a problem on iPadOS 18 when promoting a pawn.
- Fixed: «Pick a side for me at random» always picked White for you the first time.
- Fixed: 5 pages were missing from the FAQ in Spanish.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 14 updates, including the following improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: «Green felt (dark)», «Dark» and «Dark wood».
- New chess set: «Lucena».
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- A new option lets you disable the «Suggestions» button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for «Show crosshair» in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- «Analyze my game» has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
2025.05.02 01/05/2025
- The app is now officially available in Spanish (in addition to English, German and French).
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Over the last 12 months, we have released 15 updates, including the following improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: «Green felt (dark)», «Dark» and «Dark wood».
- New chess set: «Lucena».
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's «Settings» app, and applies to all apps).
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- A new option lets you disable the «Suggestions» button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for «Show crosshair» in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- «Analyze my game» has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
2025.04.16 18/04/2025
- We've added Spanish! So you can now use the app in English, Spanish, German or French.
- A new option lets you disable the “Suggestions” button. If you find you're asking the app for help too often, this option is for you!
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
We released 14 updates in 2024, including the following improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- "Analyze my game" has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
- The display of the number of moves to mate has been improved.
2025.03.21 22/03/2025
- We have corrected the display of the number of moves to mate, when a forced mate in several moves is possible.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Summary of 2024 improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4...).
- "Analyze my game" has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- The analysis of positions where checkmate is possible (direct or in several moves) has been improved.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
2024.12.12 12/12/2024
This version (2024.12.01):
- The built-in Magnus Carlsen's entire career game collection (over 6000 games) has been verified and confirmed.
- We have improved the suggestions and the analysis when there's more than one way to checkmate. For completeness, the app now shows all ways to checkmate (up to 6), not just the simplest.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
Summary of 2024 improvements:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
- "Analyze my game" has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
2024.12.01 02/12/2024
New for 2024:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
- "Analyze my game" has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
Version 2024.11.01:
- This update includes a few minor improvements and fixes.
2024.11.01 30/10/2024
New for 2024:
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- 100 Magnus Carlsen games are now available (previously 10).
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
- "Analyze my game" has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
Version 2024.10.16:
- We've corrected a dozen grandmaster games that couldn't be loaded, and we've taken the opportunity to check the other 10591.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2024.10.16 16/10/2024
New for 2024:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
Version 2024.10.02:
- "Analyze my game" has been improved: the commentary is now always in line with the suggested moves.
- On Mac, the Game menu has been fixed (it was sometimes displayed horizontally on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia).
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2024.10.02 02/10/2024
New for 2024:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
Version 2024.09.18:
- Magnus Carlsen's entire career, over 6000 games from January 2001 to June 2024, is now available: you can replay all his games and even examine them in detail with the help of our analysis function, and discover the secrets of this chess genius!
- The app's icon has been improved.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2024.09.18 17/09/2024
New for 2024:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections and restore the collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
Version 2024.09.04:
- This version corrects a score reset problem. If you have been affected by this problem, please contact us (with Settings > Report a problem) and we will restore your score.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2024.09.04 03/09/2024
New for 2024:
- The app has a new icon.
- We have added new visual themes: "Green felt (dark)", "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
- You can now restore game collections that you had previously deleted.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Works perfectly on Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...).
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
Version 2024.08.25:
- Game collection management has been improved: you can now rename your collections.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2024.08.25 27/08/2024
New for 2024:
- We have added a dark "Green felt" theme.
- New icon!
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...) are now better supported.
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
Version 2024.08:
- 2 new visual themes: "Dark" and "Dark wood".
- New chess set: "Lucena".
- You can now restore the games collections you have previously deleted.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
2024.08 18/08/2024
New for 2024:
- We have added a dark "Green felt" theme.
- New icon!
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...) are now better supported.
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
- This update includes a large number of other minor improvements and fixes that make the app much nicer to use.
Version 2024.07:
- You can now reset your score, your grade, and your statistics. This operation can be undone if you change your mind.
2024.07 02/07/2024
New for 2024:
- We have added a dark "Green felt" theme.
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...) are now better supported.
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
- The app is now fully translated into German.
- This update includes a large number of other minor improvements and fixes that make the app much nicer to use.
Version 2024.06:
- New icon!
- We have fixed a problem that occurred when selecting a game collection.
- The German translations have been improved.
2024.06 12/06/2024
- We have added a dark "Green felt" theme.
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...) are now better supported.
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
- The app is now fully translated into German.
- This update includes a large number of other minor improvements and fixes that make the app much nicer to use.
2024.04 08/05/2024
- We have added a dark "Green felt" theme.
- Dark mode is now supported throughout the app (the dark mode option is located in your device's "Settings" app, and applies to all apps).
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show crosshair" in the Settings page.
- Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...) are now better supported.
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
- The app is now fully translated into German.
- This update includes a large number of other minor improvements and fixes that make the app much nicer to use.
2024.03 07/04/2024
- Dark mode is now fully supported, and we have added a dark "Green felt" theme.
- A crosshair (reticle) shows your finger's exact position for better accuracy when moving pieces. You can enable it or disable it: look for "Show reticle" in the Settings page.
- Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3...) are now better supported.
- We have fixed an issue with unresponsive menus in recent iOS versions.
- We have fixed a few bad moves in the opening book.
- The PGN import feature has been improved. It is now more resilient to malformed PGN files.
- The app is now fully translated in German.
- This update includes a large number of other minor improvements and fixes that make the app much nicer to use.
2024.02 29/03/2024
- We have improved the variety of the games played. It should now be quite infrequent to play twice the same game opening, and this will be further improved in the next version.
- You can now choose how the moves will be separated in the analysis lines, for better readability.
- The white panel, in the "Analyze my game" mode, appears or disappears at more opportune times.
- We have fixed the "board only" mode: the coordinates (letters and digits) were not displayed correctly during this mode on iPad, and after exiting the mode on iPhone.
- We have fixed a problem that could render the "Game" menu unresponsive on iPad.
- This version includes a number of other minor improvements and fixes.
Version 2019.06.1 fixes a problem introduced by version 2019.06 (a white rectangle with no text appeared sometimes).
2019.06.1 26/06/2019
- We have fixed an unexpected app shutdown which could occur when creating a new variation in the game.
- We have improved a cosmetic detail in the lessons on iPad.
- We have improved the layout of "Analyze my game" on iPhone 6s/7/8/SE.
- This update includes a few other minor improvements and fixes.
more Version 2026.09.01 30 Aug
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