# Chess9 — Luxury chess and easy to win:) > Luxury chess and easy to win:) (iPhone/iPad app by Shashwat Patel.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess9/id6758634392 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Shashwat Patel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873309489) - Category: Games, Entertainment, Board - Price: Free - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 17.6 · 11 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-02-09 - Data updated: 2026-07-09 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess9/id6758634392/reviews.md ## What is Chess9? Hello guys, My name is Shashwat and I made this app chess9 to play and enjoy the game for fun it has luxury board where pieces are made up of black and gold color. Please feel free to check features like Check, Checkmate, Castling, Pawn capturing to opposite board and progressing to Queen. Guys, when you play the game the opponent is meant to be very easy so everybody can learn, progress, try different moves and grow and be the best at their own pace. So definately give it a shot and keep growing and learning. Thank you! ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 3 — 2026-06-30 What's New Piece visuals — 5 distinct drawing styles Pieces are no longer just recolored versions of the same shape. A new PieceStyle system now supports: Classic — original Staunton-inspired silhouettes (15 earlier themes) Geometric — minimal flat shapes (circle, triangle, diamond, square) Angular — sharp faceted polygon pieces Blocky — chunky pixel-art style pieces Runic — ornate layered rings with engraved glyph cores and orbiting dot accents 5 new board themes (20 total) Obsidian Geo, Neon Grid, Pixel Arcade, Mystic Rune, and Coral Reef — each pairs a new color palette with one of the new piece styles, so picking these themes changes both board colors and piece shape, not just tint. Theme picker now scrolls Fixed a bug where the theme list overflowed the screen with no way to scroll. Now wrapped in a proper ScrollView with more compact rows, so all 20 themes are reachable. Theme picker shows accurate previews The mini-board preview now renders using each theme's actual piece style, so what you see before selecting is what you get on the real board. Theme button more discoverable The theme toggle now has a colored ring matching the current theme's accent color, plus a one-time red notification dot for first-time users. Compact full-screen board layout Chrome stripped down to two thin strips (top: status + captures + settings icons; bottom: captures + feature icons) so the board fills nearly the whole screen. ### 2.0 — 2026-06-19 Engine Checkmate and stalemate detection Check highlighting (king flashes red) Unlimited undo with full board history Algebraic notation for every move 10 Learning Features Move Coach with hints and explanations Opening Library (10 named openings) Tactical Puzzle Mode Game Analysis with move grading Piece Tutor (long-press any piece) Threat Radar overlay Endgame Trainer (K+Q vs K, K+R vs K) Move History log 3 AI difficulty levels (Beginner / Club / Master) Chess Tips Feed (20 grandmaster quotes) 5 Board Themes Prestige (gold & black) Arena (crimson & emerald) Classic (white & black) Sakura (pink) Ocean (blue) Piece Design All Unicode chess characters removed Pieces are now drawn as geometric shapes using SwiftUI Canvas App Structure Expanded from a single screen to a 5-tab app: Play, Openings, Puzzles, Endgame, Analysis ### 1.0 — 2026-02-09 No release notes. ## More apps by Shashwat Patel - [Mathsjp](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mathsjp/id6758519849) - [Stratium](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stratium/id6761775895) - [MarsMissionPro](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marsmissionpro/id6761924727) - [CNC Utility Pro](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cnc-utility-pro/id6761950958) - [InboxGuard](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inboxguard/id6762069042) All apps by Shashwat Patel: https://appshunter.io/developer/1873309489 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-09.*