# BChess — Chess with its own engine

> Chess with its own engine (iPhone/iPad app by Jean Bovet.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bchess/id1360721014 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jean Bovet](https://appshunter.io/developer/300642267)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, French (France), German (Germany), Hebrew, Italian
- Released: 2026-11-06
- Data updated: 2026-11-07

## What is BChess?

BChess is a free, open-source chess app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with its own chess engine. It plays entirely offline and collects no data.

PLAY
- All the rules of chess, including castling, en passant and promotion. Checkmate, stalemate, the fifty-move rule and threefold repetition end the game.
- Play against the computer or a friend, or watch the computer play itself.
- Five computer strengths, from Beginner to Maximum. Below Maximum the computer takes a moment before it replies, like a human player.
- Promote a pawn by picking the piece over the board.

UNDERSTAND
- The Engine button shows who stands better, the evaluation and the best line, including on your own turn.
- The full move list in standard notation: one tap away on iPhone, beside the board on iPad in landscape and on the Mac.
- Step back and forward through the game.

Open source: the full source code is on GitHub at https://github.com/jean-bovet/BChess

Credits: chess pieces by Colin M.L. Burnett (Wikimedia Commons), BSD license. Move generation uses magicmoves by Pradyumna Kannan. The full notices are in the app, under About BChess.

## Is BChess safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess BChess.

## Is BChess legit?

BChess appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for BChess is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-06

No release notes.

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