The original illustrated Dragon and Royal Cobra endings are back, with longer animation time for all scenes. Mate-found timing appears throughout Game, Analysis and Graph, with matching blue text and correct second/seconds labels. Includes Analysis layout and tablebase indicator improvements.

Improved Analysis spacing after opening-book play, with clearer separation between the evaluation bar and thinking lines. Fixed compact landscape layouts and win/draw/loss visibility when folding or rotating the display.

Faster startup and a clearer analysis layout. Opening-book moves stay in place as statistics update. Improved automatic board-photo reading, timed games and computer tournaments.

Royal Cobra replaces the gorilla victory animation. After taking back a move and replaying a checkmate, a different animation now plays. Improved game-end animation consistency.

• Analysis now shows opening-book names, moves and percentages in games against the computer. • In engine matches, the evaluation bar stays hidden during opening-book moves and returns when engine analysis begins. • Stopping Analysis now selects Game in the bottom menu. • Opening-book arrows clear when a game ends on time.

• Enjoy 10 game-end animations with a randomly selected celebration after each decisive game. • Keep evaluations, depth, speed, positions, variations and arrows visible while the engine searches the next move. • Refined rounded evaluation indicators and more consistent result displays when switching between Game and Analysis. • Game End Animations can be turned off to use the original starred king celebration. Confetti continues in both modes. • During engine matches, Analysis now shows opening-book moves, percentages and opening names from the first position, just like Game.

Updated Support with a new invitation to share your questions, feedback and feature ideas. Use Send Feedback to contact us directly. New checkmate animation: a samurai uses a two-handed sword to strike the defeated king three times.

Added Captured Pieces to the Move menu so you can check captures during play and while reviewing earlier moves. Simplified the menus and consolidated app information and contact details in Support.

Improved Options arrows and rounded toolbar highlights, with smoother tap feedback. Analysis now shows tablebase usage when available. Removed the Karsli engine; saved selections now use Stockfish 19.

Larger player names make Game Review easier to read. 50 new games expand the Classical & Legendary Games collection to 150, including human–computer matches, recent games and AlphaZero–Stockfish games.

• Open Game Review directly from Options. • Refreshed Game Review with clearer move-quality symbols, colors and typography. • Added an estimated Game Rating based on engine evaluation loss. This is a game-performance estimate, not an official player rating. • Added Computer Chess Rankings in Options. • Improved Options controls, pointer interaction and focus behavior.

NEW: CHESS COACH & GAME REVIEW Turn on Chess Coach in Options for engine-based feedback during your games against the computer. Discover strong moves, spot inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders, and explore suggested continuations. After the game, Game Review shows each side’s move-quality summary and Accuracy when sufficient analysis is available. Review your decisions and find opportunities to improve. Reopen it through Move → Game Review while Chess Coach is enabled. Chess Coach is optional and off by default. Coaching and game review run locally on your device, without a subscription or uploading your games. Also new: Karsli 1.0-dev joins the engine selection, and FIDE Chess Rankings is available from Options. Improved review timing, move feedback and interface details.

Improved Scan and Analyze review with Maple board styling, board coordinates, and simpler controls. Fixed scrolling in scanned-position review and refined the Game toolbar and difficulty screen. Bug fixes and interface improvements.

NEW: SCAN AND ANALYZE Turn a chessboard photo into a position you can analyze. Take a photo of a physical board or choose a screenshot or diagram from your library. Adjust the corners, review and correct the pieces, choose the side to move, and open Analysis. Recognition runs on your device; photos are not uploaded. Physical-board recognition is experimental, so always check the result. Also in 1.5: • Clearer Stockfish difficulty levels, from Easiest to Full Strength. • Improved navigation across Options screens. • Updated privacy information and simplified Help and About screens. • Bug fixes and interface improvements.

Bug fixes and system improvements.

Bug fixes and improvements. • New Maple board, now the default. • Resume paused engine matches with one tap. Matches pause when you leave the app or lock your phone. • Cleaner Classical & Legendary Games details with Analyze this game. • Clearer mate scores and the current version in About & Credits.

Minor bug fixes and system improvements. Added Classical & Legendary Games to replay and analyze.

Ten engines. More ways to put them to the test. • Explore an expanded lineup with Cinder, Viridithas, Halogen, Clover, and Starzix joining Stockfish 19, Reckless, PlentyChess, Pawnocchio, and Obsidian. • Stage engine matches with time per move or time per game, and run tournaments with balanced starting colors and alternating colors across repeat games. • Follow up to three analysis lines with matching board arrows on supported engines, plus clear Depth, Speed, and Positions badges. • Test your device with the new 15-second Stockfish benchmark and Relative Speed display. • Enjoy optional move sounds and haptics, a roomier interface, and improved match recovery. Live games keep the screen awake; locking a protected device saves and pauses the game.