Adjourned games get stuck
The Adjourned games get stuck at 16 because of bad connection and the game won’t let you play after that. Hard to resolve that issue.
Last version has a big bug
The latest version is faulty. I now cannot contact FICS. It won’t allow me to add a FICS account and when I try to log on as a guest the program stops. Fix ASAP.
FCIS Almost Unplayable Lag
When it works, it works great. But half of the times, the FCIS option where I want to play speed chess against others — the lag of device input renders playing not possible. Sometimes hard booting my iPhone XR and then relaunching the ChessWise app seem to solve the issue, but recently that doesn’t appear to do much anymore.
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Decent app, needs One improvement
Overall I like this app. Pretty much everything works, but I have a problem changing the level of difficulty in the settings. It is not accessible to a screen reader and probably needs to be redone so that it is accessible. I’m told it’s a drop-down menu but I can’t access or change it from the hardest level as it’s set as the default.
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Great App!
Best light-weight chess client for FICS I've found, and it's also free99
Good, but why no annotations for check?
I liked this app at first because one of the things you can do is enter your own annotations for games. However, it became clear that it is not possible to show when the King is checked in the annotations. This is a rather important as sometimes you need a reminder when the King is under attack. In most recorded games a + sign is used to denote check yet this is nowhere to be found in the software. A bit disappointing which rather spoils what should be an excellent app.
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Please fix for IPhone X!
Love this app, best of its kind that I’ve used, but I can’t see the top row of the board on my iPhone X.
My favorite IOS chess database pgn viewer and FICS client
I have been using Chess-wise for several years. I’m a club player and I find it easy to enter games on my phone after I play one over the board while at the site and the game is still fresh in my mind. I can export and import PGN files with ease to / from my computer in various ways. I also find it’s a very usable FICS client. The databasing and analysis tools make a great reader companion and when i run on an iPad its as useful as a very pricey pc program. The links to the latest tournaments and videos are a real nice touch. Once I had an import pgn issue and the developer personally responded within days and issued a patch quickly. For just a few bucks, i have seen this app grow with features over the last few years. There are occasional quirks after a release but they get fixed because the dev is active. Its fair to ask a few bucks because I have seen the effort that has been put back into this app over time.
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Some players missing
Pretty good app I guess but some top players such as Capablanca and Judit Polgar are missing from the players list of top players. At least in my (2017) version. This doesn’t instill confidence in the reliability of other parts. Hope the tablebase part is 100% accurate.
It Stinks!
Navigation within the game is illogical and beyond awkward. The developer apparently gave up on the game.
VG
Very nice app. If Timestamp feature was added, to avoid eating your clock away due to Internet lag, this will be 6 stars.
Also I am very impressed by the latest upgrade. Now it includes all the features of blind chess and more.
Also I am very impressed by the latest upgrade. Now it includes all the features of blind chess and more.
Not working on iOS 10.2.1
I can't start a new game, it always crashes. Please, fix it.
New release significantly improved
This is the best FICS chess application out there. Most of the bugs were fixed. There is still the bug on the iPhone when the chess board is expanded over the entire screen. The time is shown on top of the board making it hard to see.
Good
Very good app and last patch corrected the bugs.
Problems introduced after Multi feature
Several problems were introduced when the Multi feature was added. Please test your software diligently before rolling out. On-time delivery does not equate to good project management.
Not likening this new version
Not working properly and crashes.
My database wouldn't load.
No notation on the side when analyzing moves
Just don't like this at all
Do something with this or it will go south
My database wouldn't load.
No notation on the side when analyzing moves
Just don't like this at all
Do something with this or it will go south
Best chess app out there
I have tried many chess apps this one isn't far the best not only does it have a great interface to FICS to play chess online, it also allows you to analyse games, replay games play against the computer or play multiplayer, there are tonnes of features in this app I've been using it for years as it's been updated over the years it gets better and better
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Too many cheaters and people using bots
Please do something about all of the robots on your app or in FICS. If I wanted to play against a computer I would not log online.
Slowest ever
The app is not suited for any game requiring fast moves let alone premoves.
Loss on time is guaranteed
Loss on time is guaranteed
Works good but...
When there is a mate, a window pops up obscuring the board and it cannot be removed, so if u did not see the mate, you cannot see it.
