- Rated games count toward your rating again. - New placement: three games against bots that adapt to your play set your starting rating. Not happy with it? Simply redo the placement. - A game's performance now accounts for the opponent and the result. - Every game starts with the same board animation, including training. - Pawn promotion works again in training games.

Cherry Chess 1.1 is our biggest update yet. OPPONENTS & RATING • A new bot ladder: opponents from 300 to 2200 in steps of 100, each step honestly calibrated • Meet Max – the engine at full strength, for free games • Rated games always pair you with the bot at your own level • Per-game performance is measured more accurately, and a single blunder now counts as it should • Bots convert winning positions and forced mates instead of shuffling pieces PLAY • Focus mode: just you and the board • Move list during the game and in analysis • Low-time warning on the clock • The board sets itself up at the start, and pieces glide as you step through moves • Larger, crisper Cherry pieces • An end card for every way a game can finish, with a direct path into the review REVIEW • The evaluation graph shows exactly where your game turned • More accurate move verdicts, from Brilliant to Blunder • The move list highlights only the moves worth finding TRAINING • Free practice outside the learning path: coordinates, checkmates and openings • Reworked opening trainer ALSO • Faster and smoother, and the engine starts only when it's needed • Confirmation before resigning or deleting a game • Better support for VoiceOver and Dynamic Type • The interface is now fully translated • A gentle notice when a new version is available • Fixed a rare engine crash