# AI Satranç: Chess That Learns — Raise a chess AI from zero

> Raise a chess AI from zero (iPhone/iPad app by SUKRU UTKU POYRAZ.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-satranc-chess-that-learns/id6802425249 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SUKRU UTKU POYRAZ](https://appshunter.io/developer/6792371877)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, Turkish
- Released: 2026-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-10-12

## What is AI Satranç?

This chess app doesn't know chess. Yet.

Most chess apps ship with a ready-made, unbeatable engine. AI Satranç doesn't. The AI was born with a brain made of nothing but random numbers, knowing no chess at all. It knows the rules, but it is still learning to play well; today it is still a beginner.

And it keeps learning. From your games, from every player's games, right in front of you.

◆ A REAL AI THAT REALLY LEARNS
The method of the open-source Leela Chess Zero (Lc0) project: a neural network paired with Monte Carlo tree search. The AI sees the last 8 positions together; before every move it plays out hundreds of possible continuations in its head and predicts the chances of a win, draw or loss and how long the game will last. In the games it plays against itself, it learns to replace its first intuition with the move it found by thinking deeply. There is no built-in chess engine and no model brought in from outside: everything it knows, it learned from games played in the app.

◆ MEET ITS BRAIN
• The collective brain's version: every new version reaches everyone's device
• This device's contribution: the games you play and the ones it plays in training
• "What it's thinking": the candidates it considered most on each move, and its winning chances
• A live evaluation bar above the board

◆ SELF-TRAINING
Open the Training tab, tap Start Training and watch the AI play against itself live. Like Leela Chess Zero's volunteer computers, the training data of every game goes to the collective brain, which is trained on it. One day it will beat you. The only question is when.

◆ ONE BRAIN, RAISED TOGETHER
Training happens in one place, with every player's data: every game you play goes to the collective brain and its positions join training after being re-thought; your moves aren't copied, so a bad move can't spoil the brain. When a new version is ready it reaches everyone's device. What is sent is games' moves, results and training data — not your name, your account or any personal data.

◆ WHILE YOU PLAY
• Drag or tap, both work
• Four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Master
• Hint arrow: what would the AI play here?
• Four board themes, light and dark appearance
• A game in progress is never lost; pick up where you left off
• Undo, resign, play as white, black or random
• Every game archived, replayable move by move and shareable as PGN
• Castling, en passant, promotion, threefold repetition, the 50-move rule: every rule

◆ ALL YOURS
No account, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases, no tracking. Plays offline; your games reach the collective brain once you're online. On iPhone, iPad and Mac.

A small warning: this is not a "strong opponent out of the box" app. The AI starts weak, on purpose. The point is to raise it. Watching how it learns is far more exciting than watching it win.

## Is AI Satranç safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess AI Satranç.

## Is AI Satranç legit?

AI Satranç: Chess That Learns appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for AI Satranç is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-09-26

• The AI was rebuilt from the ground up: it now learns with the method of the open-source Leela Chess Zero (Lc0) project. It sees the last 8 positions together and separately predicts win/draw/loss chances and how long the game will last.
• One collective brain: training no longer happens on your phone but in one place, with every player's data; new versions reach everyone's device.
• The Training tab and background training send training data to the collective brain, like Lc0's volunteer computers.
• Your games join training too: your moves aren't copied, the positions are re-thought.
• The most-trained brain from earlier versions (generation 9) was carried over into the new brain; no effort was wasted.
• Watch training live in the Progress tab: what the trainer is doing right now, how many games it has played, and how much stronger each new version got (Elo chart).
• No iCloud sign-in required. Without internet, data waits on your device and is sent once you're online.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-22

• Completely redesigned interface: new game screen, player plates, hint arrow, in-board promotion picker, 4 board themes, light and dark appearance.
• A game in progress is no longer lost when you close the app; review any finished game move by move from the game-over card.
• The AI now learns from your moves too: in games it couldn't win, what you played becomes part of its learning target.
• The exam (generation) system is fixed: progress is measured regularly, with exam history in the Progress tab.
• The shared brain is now on for everyone and works more reliably.
• Background training now does useful work on iPhone and iPad.
• Faster move generation and many bug fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-16

No release notes.

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