# Move Zero: Chess Variant — Build your army, play online

> Build your army, play online (iPhone/iPad app by Prakash Jeewaratnam.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/move-zero-chess-variant/id6802942641 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Prakash Jeewaratnam](https://appshunter.io/developer/1883542082)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-10-10

## What is Move Zero?

Chess for people who like thinking, not memorising.

Two players. One board. But before a piece is moved, you each buy an army in secret and set it out yourself, so there is no opening theory to learn here, because there is no opening position to learn. Every game starts somewhere neither of you has been.

BUY YOUR ARMY
A budget, a shelf of pieces, and a choice about what to spend it on. More knights, or the queen you cannot afford twice?

PLACE IT IN SECRET
Neither of you sees the other's setup until the first move is made.

THEN IT IS CHESS
The same rules you already know, from a position nobody has ever published a book about.

A RANKED SEASON
Twenty-three rungs from Iron I to Radiant, and a crest for every one of them. Placement games decide where you start, and the ladder shows you exactly how far you have come and how much is left.

FRIENDS BY CODE
No search by name, no search by email. The only way anyone finds you is a code you handed them, and you can throw it away.

PLAY ANY TIME
If nobody is queuing, a bot holding a real rank fills in, so there is always a game.

No ads. No trackers. No analytics SDKs. Your email is used to sign you in and for nothing else, and deleting your account deletes it.

## Is Move Zero safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Move Zero.

## Is Move Zero legit?

Move Zero: Chess Variant has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Move Zero is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-04

No release notes.

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