tChess   chess app for iOS

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tChess Pro Features tChess Pro has too many features to list in its App Store description: General app features User interface that's elegant, responsive, and easy-to-use Professionally-designed graphics: 2-D and 3-D options Support for all current iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers [that have an Apple Silicon processor] Support for Dark Mode Support for iPad's Split View feature Features for beginners The Learn Chess e-book comes built-in If you tap on a piece, its legal moves are highlighted The board is displayed with coordinates by default You can take back a move, or get a hint, at any time via buttons on the toolbar The computer's lowest setting is easily defeated by any beginner Features for playing against the computer Fine-grained control of the computer opponent's strength, from 500 to 2500 Elo The computer makes human-like mistakes (rather than random moves) at its lower settings Opening library of 75,000 moves, so the computer doesn't play the same game over and over again You can play "rated games" against the computer and it will automatically adjust to your strength The computer's strength can optionally be controlled by specifying a fixed search time, a fixed search depth, or a standard chess time control (up to three stages, with support for Fischer increments) Features for analyzing games, and improving your own game Analyze game feature Analysis mode feature Opening library feature "Self-play" feature: the computer finishes a game by playing both sides, so you can see how two strong players might finish a game Features for playing another person on the same device "Flip pieces" feature makes it convenient to play another person who's sitting across from you. It can either flip your opponent's pieces so they're always right-side-up from his point of view, or flip all the pieces when it's his turn. Features for playing online Play online feature allows you to play your friends or family online. You can play up to 20 games simultaneously and make moves in real-time or at your leisure. (Up to two weeks per move.) Features for saving, loading, and reviewing games Quickly step through a game's moves using the back and forward buttons that are always visible on the toolbar Use the Move list menu to see information about the game and jump to any move Edit position feature allows you to enter any legal chess position, e.g., from a book, from a TV show, from a game at a chess club, etc. "Save game" feature "Print game" feature prints a game via AirPrint "Playback mode" feature steps through a game, displaying each move for a user-specified number of seconds tChess has the most extensive support of any iOS app for the industry-standard PGN chess format