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Pocket Chess

Pocket Chess

Classic Chess Game

22 ratings
49 reviews
🎮 Games
🎲 Board
🧩 Puzzle
Free
In-App Purchases

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Released
November 2, 2013
Updated
October 13, 2020

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Developer

Steven Barnegren
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About

Engage in classic chess battles anywhere, anytime. Challenge a sophisticated AI with adjustable difficulty or play against a friend. The app offers helpful features like move highlighting and board rotation for an enhanced experience.

✓Challenging AI engine
✓Three difficulty levels
✓Play as White or Black
✓Show legal moves
✓Special move support
✓Board rotation
✓Save game state
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What users say about Pocket Chess

Reviews of Pocket Chess are mostly negative: the game is rated 2.5/5 from 22 App Store ratings. What users like most: clean aesthetics, simple and good. Top complaints: computer cheats, bots are atrocious. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • ✨Clean aesthetics
  • 👍Simple and good
  • 🎮Realistic graphics
  • 😊Great game

Negative things

  • 👎Computer cheats
  • 👎Bots are atrocious
  • 👎Too hard
  • 👎Too easy
  • 👎Little to do
  • 👎Mediocre chess
  • 👎Waste of time
  • 👎Not the best
  • 👎Board flips
  • 👎AI is bad
  • 👎Unplayable
  • 👎Missing features
  • 👎Bad business
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What's New in Pocket Chess

2.2

October 13, 2020

Playing a two player game? You can now sit opposite each other, and the pieces will rotate for each player's turn.

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User reviews

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Worse chess game

Often it’s make wrong move .
T2Thamesmead 2007

Occasionally cheats

If you dont pay attention it will cheat on occasion by taking a piece that you moved into a different spot, relocating it to a winning move and taking it.
CCamelpro1

Scam app

This app plays off the popular game, Pocket Chess (not actually chess). Any downloads of this app are probably people intending to download that game. If a regular chess app is what you want, this is one of the worst options.
Zzedlyfe

Waste of time.

The aesthetics of the app are very clean, but that’s all the app has going for it. There’s very little to do on the app and can become extremely boring. The app has been made to play offline meaning that you can only play against bots or someone else sharing your device. However the bots are atrocious! You get a selection of a easy, medium and hard bot but the hard bot is pushing 800 rating. It’s decision making is unethical and in general very stupid. If you’re looking to play chess I much prefer chess.com or Lichess. They both provide a much better range of bots plus puzzles, online matches and lessons. DON’T use this app.. its a waste of time.
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KHKenneth Hitmonchan

Ok

Mediocre chess
DDebebub
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

24 issues

Computer makes wrong moves

Bug

Computer cheats by moving pieces

Bug

Board flips for no reason

Bug

Hard mode is too easy

Bug

Option to castle is hard to find

Bug

Computer says stalemate instead of win

Bug

Computer AI is odd

Bug

Cannot move where I want

Bug

Computer makes ridiculous mistakes

Bug

Board is set up wrong

Bug

Queen and king are reversed

Bug

En passant doesn't work

Bug

Cannot win in 2 player mode

Bug

Black queen on white space, white queen on black space

Bug

Pawn promotion only gives Queen

Bug

Squares are mixed up

Bug

Bottom right corner should be white

Bug

Queen goes on her own color

Bug

En passant move missing

Bug

Board setup backwards

Bug

No undo button in 2 player mode

Bug

No submit button in 2 player mode

Bug

App charged without prompting

Bug

Pieces are reversed

Bug
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Requested Features

9 requests

Make medium difficulty easier

Feature

Add undo button

Feature

Add submit button

Feature

Option to fix board orientation in 2 player mode

Feature

More variety in AI moves

Feature

Make computer mode easier

Feature

Make game harder

Feature

Add more colors

Feature

Level for kids

Feature

FAQ

What is Pocket Chess?

Pocket Chess is a mobile application that allows you to play the classic game of chess. You can play against a computer opponent with varying difficulty levels or challenge a friend locally.

What are the key features of Pocket Chess?

Key features include a challenging AI engine with three difficulty settings, the ability to play as either White or Black, an option to display legal moves, support for special moves like castling and pawn promotion, and board rotation for two-player games. The game state is also saved if you exit the app.

Is Pocket Chess free to download?

Yes, the application is free to download. It offers in-app purchases, indicating that while the core game is accessible, there may be optional content or features available for purchase.

Can I play against a friend with Pocket Chess?

Yes, you can play against a friend locally. The app includes a board rotation feature specifically designed to facilitate two-player games, making it easy for both players to have a comfortable view of the board.

What devices is Pocket Chess compatible with?

While specific OS versions are not detailed, the application is designed for mobile devices, implying compatibility with both Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. The description focuses on gameplay features rather than hardware specifications.