Imperial Chess User Reviews

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Missing Engines

I updated from V 1.3 and was disappointed to see all other engines besides Stockfish 16 were deleted?!? Maia, Lc0, all gone! This was the main reason I considered Imperial Chess to be the best chess app by far! Sadly, dev claims the "out of date" engines were deleted however, Stockfish 16 is also outdated as 17 has been out for quite a while. Lack of engine choices makes Imperial Chess just like the others. Varied engine choices is what set it apart from all the rest. Please bring back Lc0, Maia at least, as these engine's playing styles are quite different from ubiquitous Stockfish.
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Great chess app

I can beat it on Elo 1700. And I like that it is running Stockfish 16.

New features in update, but lost its main attraction

Gameplay against Maia distinguished this program's previous versions. The Latest update seems to have removed these engines. The only chess engine now offered is Stockfish. Well, there are plenty of better apps for playing against Stockfish. Sadly, there no longer is any compelling reason to use Imperial Chess.
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New features in update, but lost its main attraction

Gameplay against Maia distinguished this program's previous versions. The Latest update seems to have removed these engines. The only chess engine now offered is Stockfish. Well, there are plenty of better apps for playing against Stockfish. There is no longer see any reason to use Imperial Chess.

My Fav

This is a great chess app! I only wish you'd bring back the other engines and maybe a 3D board.

Response from developer

Coming in next versions.

Glitched on my first try of the game

The game is so so, but there were always errors not allowing me to play. It even said Critical error and it showed a skull! Please help!

Response from developer

New update is now live with great new features!

lovely

i just eish it had, a begginer setting with challenges,and a session of historial analysis,other than that is amazing.

Decent - but canโ€™t save games

Canโ€™t export them either.

Response from developer

Export feature was added in the new update.

new features would be nice

10 months no update. id like to know what Lc0 is plotting over there.

Maia does not play like a human

The Maia chess engine does not play like a human being. Even at Elo rating 1100 it plays more like a chess engine. The developer need to change the following settings for Maia in the UCI configuration file in order for Maia to play like a human.
- cpu threads = 1
- mini batch-size = 1
- max-prefetch = 0
- nodespersecondlimit = 0.001
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Response from developer

New update is now live with great new features and balanced engine play.

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