# Chess Lore — Your journey to grandmaster

> Your journey to grandmaster (iPhone/iPad app by FEDERICO VELLANI.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-lore/id6807350819 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [FEDERICO VELLANI](https://appshunter.io/developer/1851267313)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Board, Role Playing
- Price: $4.99 with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 140 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-29
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-lore/id6807350819/reviews.md

## What is Chess Lore?

Chess with a world to walk through. Explore the valley of Val Casella, meet its people, and take on twelve rivals — each one playing chess the way a real person does.

RIVALS, NOT ROBOTS
Forget the difficulty slider. Every opponent in Chess Lore is a character with their own personality at the board:
• Their own openings and favourite plans
• A style you can learn to read — and exploit
• Human mistakes: they blunder like people do, not like a machine set to "easy"
Beat them by understanding them, not by grinding levels.

A CHESS ADVENTURE
Wander hand-crafted pixel-art villages, chat with the locals, earn your florins, join the chess school, and fight your way into the tournament that decides everything. Your choices shape the story — and the valley remembers what you do.

A VALLEY FULL OF STORIES
• Eight hand-crafted locations: villages, cosy interiors, mountain paths, a ferry across the water
• Dialogue with real choices and characters who react to your victories
• A rating that grows with you, and rivals calibrated around it

REAL CHESS UNDERNEATH
Full chess rules and a proper engine power every game. Learn openings, tactics and endgames the natural way: by playing opponents who actually differ from each other.

MADE TO BE PLAYED ANYWHERE
• Fully offline — the whole valley in your pocket
• No ads
• In English and Italian
• Original soundtrack and cosy retro pixel art

Whether you're just learning the moves or you've worn out three chess sets, Val Casella has a board waiting for you.

Go become a legend.

Chess Lore is a single-player game. It has no accounts, no ads and no chat, and your saved game stays on your device.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://gradly.it/chess-lore/terms
Privacy Policy: https://gradly.it/chess-lore/privacy
Support: https://gradly.it/chess-lore/support

© 2026 Federico Vellani

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $4.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 300 Florins | $0.99 | one-time |
| 800 Florins | $1.99 | one-time |
| 2000 Florins | $3.99 | one-time |
| Gold Board | $4.99 | one-time |
| Gold Pieces | $4.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #197 in Top Paid · Games (US App Store)
- #18 in Top Paid · Board (US App Store)
- #23 in Top Paid · Role Playing (US App Store)


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 0.0.1 — 2026-09-25

No release notes.

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