New board • Two board themes: the new Standard and the familiar Classic. Pick one in Settings. Your choice syncs with the website, Telegram and Android. • Board settings right in the game: theme, auto-queen, vibrate on moves, coordinates, move hints and keep screen on. Game screen • The board fills the screen width and no longer moves during a game. • The title shows the time control, for example "Blitz · 5+0". • Step through moves with ‹ › in the bottom bar. After a bot game, start a new one from there. • The app asks before you leave an online game in progress. Home • New game card: the board on top, then the opponent, rating and clock. • Your games update on their own when the opponent moves. • If loading fails, you see the error and a Retry button. Puzzles • Progress in themed puzzles syncs between iPhone, Android and Telegram. After the update the count starts over. Also • Screens show placeholders while content loads. • iPhone Duo: the board and the panel split the open screen more precisely. • The "No connection" banner no longer stays after you return to a game.

iPhone Duo • Full support for iPhone Duo: when you open the inner screen, the board takes one half and the game panel the other — held like a book or set on a table. • On wide screens the tabs move into a sidebar. New look • A refreshed design across the app with the website's colors: home screen and new game setup, tournaments, puzzles, training, games, ratings, profiles, statistics, lessons, game review and sign-in. • Settings and account forms now use native iOS lists. Fair play and safety • Before your first game against other players, you accept three simple Fair Play rules. • You can report a profile or a lesson and block a user. Blocked authors no longer appear in the lesson catalog. • Settings now has a list of blocked users and support contacts. • Improved security for sessions and online games.

Lessons • New Lessons section in the Training tab: your own lessons, a public catalog and lessons opened from a link. • Each lesson shows the board with the author's arrows and highlights, notation with variations and comments, and chapters. • "Find the move" exercises: the board won't accept a wrong move, you can reveal the answer and see your progress as you go. • Share a lesson with a link. Fits any screen • Games, game review, puzzles and training adapt to the window size: in landscape or a wide window the board sits on the left and the panel on the right. New look on iOS 26 and later • Sheets now use Liquid Glass. • A new app icon that adapts to dark, tinted and clear Home Screen styles.

Game review • A dedicated review screen: step through the moves, position evaluation, accuracy, move classifications and the best move, opening detection and an evaluation graph. • Export a game to PGN with annotations and share a link to it. • Reviewed games are now marked in your game history with a badge showing your accuracy. Languages • Added Ukrainian, Uzbek and Simplified Chinese — the app now speaks 15 languages. Also • Sign out and account deletion moved to Settings. • Fixed how three-digit places are shown on the leaderboard.

• Sign in with Google is now native — no browser detour, just pick your account and you're in. • Kazakh is now available as an app language. • The leaderboard now shows your own rank alongside the top players. • Fixed notifications going silent after switching accounts on the same device. • Sheets and dialogs now stand out clearly from the screen behind them. • Fixed achievement translations for regional languages.

Fixed some bugs.

• Refreshed game screen for a clearer, easier experience. • On iPad, the board is now larger and more comfortable to play on. • We fixed and improved the display of game elements.

• Improved online play and matchmaking. • Updated the profile and expanded statistics. • Refined tasks, hints, and training. • Improved stability and fixed several bugs.

• Achievements — your profile now shows awards for your progress in the game. You can view other players' achievements and share your own via a direct link. • Detailed statistics — a new stats screen in your profile: game results, time control breakdowns, and other numbers about your progress. • Fixes — the "Resign" button in online games is now available right away, without delays while the game is loading.

• We added online opponent matchmaking and improved the sign-in experience. • The game screen is now clearer and more convenient to use. • Match stability and board performance have been improved. • We also fixed bugs and made the app smoother overall.

• Tournaments — a new tab with a tournament schedule, tournament details, and participation, including as a guest without registration. • Updated game screen — a toolbar at the top, move list, and player avatars next to the clocks. • Result screen and move replay — now more convenient and easier to understand. • Full-screen board — no longer gets cut off on small screens. • Puzzles and training — screens have been brought into a unified visual style with the game screen. • Profile avatar — now placed next to the screen title, without an extra element in the navigation bar. • Accessibility — support for larger text, improved medal readability, and overall polish.

• Redesigned play screen — Blitz, Rapid and Bullet in one place, with your ongoing games always at the top. • Checkmate trainer — practice essential mating techniques; your results count toward your rating. • Invite friends to a game directly. • Improved push notifications, a refreshed profile, and better stability. Thanks for playing! Let us know about bugs and ideas.

New: • Email/password and Google sign-in — all sign-in methods are now available on the login screen, not just Apple. • Confirmation screen after email registration — instead of showing an error in red text, the app now displays a separate “Account Created” screen with the email address and a button to return to login. • Invite a friend to a game — you can now invite a friend to play: send an invitation from their profile, view incoming invitations in the inbox on the home screen, see a notification badge, and automatically jump into the game when the invitation is accepted. • Build/version number in profile — the app version is now shown at the bottom of the profile screen: on dev builds, the build number is displayed; on prod, the marketing version is shown. Fixed: • Push notifications: no extra move banner is shown if the game is already open on screen; the push token is correctly removed when signing out; notification permission and the APNs token are restored more quietly and reliably between app launches; the app icon badge is cleared when returning to the app. • Leaderboard — the “Leaderboard” section stopped loading because of a database record with an empty name; these players are now correctly shown as “Player.” • Duplicate screen when opening a friend’s profile — when opening a friend’s profile from the “Leaderboard” or the “Friends” list, the profile opened with a duplicate navigation transition, requiring you to tap “Back” to get to the right place. Navigation has been fixed.

In this version: * Friends and subscriptions. You can now follow other players, add friends, and open public profiles — keep up with the people you enjoy playing with. * Active games right on the home screen. Current games are now shown as cards with a small board preview at the top of the home screen — so you can instantly see where it’s your move. * Better on iPad. The home screen is now adapted for larger displays and uses the full screen width. * More stable and reliable. The app now handles poor network conditions and switching between the background and a game more smoothly: games no longer “freeze,” connection issues show a clear error with a “Retry” button, and computer moves no longer hang for a long time.

In this version: • Added a history of played games to the profile, excluding games against the engine. • Added the ability to turn sound on or off in Settings. • Playing against the engine works again.

In this version, we added: • The ability to play games with daily time controls: 1 day, 2 days, and 7 days per move. • Push notifications. You’ll receive a notification when your opponent makes a move in games with daily time controls. • A “What’s New?” screen, which will appear after an app update when we add or change something. We also fixed some bugs to make the app more stable!