PLAY ANYTIME • New "Play vs AI" button: jump straight into a game, no waiting • Matchmaking now finds you a game within seconds, even when few players are online TWO HEROES SOONER • Finish your first match to unlock Phantom Knight free — try a second ultimate right away

NEW LANGUAGES • Now in Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Indonesian CLEANER HOME & LEADERBOARDS • All six heroes fit on one screen — pick your champion at a glance • Leaderboards now show Weekly and All-Time, with a one-tap Blitz / Wild Chess switch

AEGIS QUEEN REWORKED • Judgment now lets you pick one of the queen's lines: holy light passes through your own pieces and smites the first enemy (kings are immune) • After casting, the queen gains an Aegis that blocks one capture — including enemy ultimates BUILT FOR iPHONE DUO • Full-screen layouts for the iPhone Duo's inner and outer displays • On the open display, the board sits beside the game panel so a whole match fits on one screen

• Fresh App Store screenshots showing the new hero ultimates • Stability and performance improvements

ULTIMATES, UNLEASHED • Every hero ultimate now erupts on the board: storms, lightning, holy pillars, wildfire, falling stars and time ripples • New full-body casting art for all six heroes • Stability and performance improvements

TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Blitz is now pure chess — no skills, just you and the clock • Wild is the hero battle: charge your ultimate and turn the game SIX REWORKED ULTIMATES • Judgment smites the first enemy in any of the queen's eight lines • Inferno ignites all four diagonals at once • Cyclone is called down any clear rook line — the trapped are crushed • Star's Return revives your strongest fallen piece beside the king • Phantom Jump strikes within two knight-leaps, then the knight moves again • Time Stop's bonus move can no longer checkmate SMARTER RIVALS • Computer opponents now unleash their own ultimates — the higher the tier, the sharper they use them LEADERBOARDS • The world top-100 board is now fully populated • Blitz and Wild now have separate ratings and leaderboards SMOOTHER MATCHES • Blitz shows a material panel: captures and who's ahead • One-tap draw offers; replies appear right on the board, no pop-ups • Board-decided endings pause on the final position and explain what happened

NEW SOUNDTRACK • Real recorded music for the lobby and the board, drawn fresh each time you open the game SHARPER ULTIMATES • Phantom Jump now strikes where it lands, taking the piece on that square • Cyclone sweeps every enemy around your rook, and crushes any with nowhere to go A KINDER LADDER • Your rating has a floor — a losing streak can't strand you • Losses cost less the lower you go, so climbing back is quicker • See your record split by Blitz, Rapid and Wild LEADERBOARDS • Tap More for the full top 100 • Real Game Center ranks, with your row pinned when you're outside the top FIXES • Colours are drawn at random, so you no longer open every game • Fixed the shop not opening from the home screen • Fixed a black screen when sharing a result • An ultimate can no longer capture the king

• Leaderboards now show your current rating, so your rank rises and falls with every match • Fixed a black screen the first time you shared a match result

Leaderboards, fixed and front and center: • The ladder now appears right inside Arena — no extra taps • Weekly, monthly and all-time boards in one place • Fixed: scores earned before Game Center signed in are no longer lost Also in this update: • Fixed a rare bug where an ultimate could capture the king • Phantom Knight now unlocks after playing 3 matches, win or lose • Tidied up the home screen and match-result sharing

Quality-of-life update: • Skill button now dims when your ultimate can't be cast • Share match results as a screenshot • Resign anytime — leaving a match now counts as a loss • Hero quest: win 3 matches to unlock Phantom Knight • Set a custom name, or use your Game Center name • Weekly leaderboard now resets every Monday

All-new hero ultimates — each on a clear charge meter: • Time Stop: play a move, then move again • Phantom Jump: teleport your knight anywhere • Divine Judgment & Inferno Burn: destroy enemy pieces • Cyclone: blast adjacent enemies back • Fate Twist: swap places with an enemy piece Also new: • Smarter computer opponents that scale with your rating • Weekly, monthly and all-time Game Center leaderboards • Faster matchmaking and a cleaner home screen

New in 1.1: • Instant match against a smart computer opponent when no human rival is found in time • Brand-new orchestral soundtrack • Cleaner store and home screen • Bug fixes and polish