# The Queen's Gambit Chess — user reviews > 531 indexed App Store user reviews of The Queen's Gambit Chess by Netflix, Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 1,236 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-queens-gambit-chess/id1588301078/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-queens-gambit-chess/id1588301078.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 950 · 4★ 122 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 129 ## What do users think of The Queen's Gambit Chess? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and design - 🎓 Excellent for learning chess - 🕹️ Fun and engaging gameplay - 👍 Great for both beginners and experienced players - 🎉 Nostalgia from the Queen's Gambit show **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🕹️ Clunky controls and navigation - 📚 Repetitive tutorials and instructions - 🔍 Difficulty reading the chess board - 🕰️ Slow animations and loading times **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes on launch or during matches - Issues with piece movement and board display - Inability to log in or connect to the server - Puzzles and challenges with incorrect solutions - Saved progress not syncing across devices **Most requested features** - Customizable text size and board layouts - More advanced chess puzzles and training - Ability to review and analyze past games - Online multiplayer with real-time gameplay - Option to disable tutorials and jump straight to gameplay ## Newest reviews (12 of 531) ### 3/5 — Great Game but needs a fix for the game Crashing *2026-07-13, version 3.9* I am really enjoying this game and think it is teaching me how to play chess. However the game randomly crashing is making it a less pleasurable experience. Please developers come up with a fix as the game has great potential! ### 3/5 — Mostly great, but some very bad flaws *2026-05-02, version 3.9* I really enjoy playing this game, but there are some flaws that seriously bug me. First of all, there is some sort of app glitch where if you come back the next day, you will be negative a few thousand coins for no reason whatsoever. Second, they don't provide enough information about why you can or cannot make a certain move. I saw that other people had mentioned this as well. Third, some of the games will require you to make moves exactly the same way that the computer is thinking, even if it has the same end result. It's very frustrating to be able to do a better job such as a mate in one rather than two. We have to go through every single scenario to do it exactly the way of computer wants you to, rather than allowing some flexibility for the end result. ### 2/5 — Can’t play it *2026-02-21, version 3.6* The game won’t start at all, I get the Netflix logo then a black screen, but other Netflix games work fine ### 2/5 — Não abre *2026-02-19* Pede pra entrar na conta, entro. Pede pra escolher o perfil, até aí tudo certo. Depois a tela fica preta e não aparece mais nada. ### 1/5 — Just black *2026-01-29, version 3.6* Tested on iOS 26 iPhone 15 pro and iOS 18 iPad Pro Not working ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-01-28, version 3.6* 2 devices running iOS 27 and does go past the load screen. ### 1/5 — Won’t let me play *2026-01-12, version 3.6* After I select my user profile the screen goes black and it won’t let me play… I’ve tried restarting my phone and redownloading the app, nothing works ### 1/5 — 실행이 안됨 *2026-01-12* 전에도 깔았다가 검은화면만 3분 5분 10분 기다려도 실행안됨.... 최근 후기에 오류고쳤다해서 또 깔아봤는데 낚였음 ### 1/5 — Error Message after 3 months of play. *2026-01-11, version 3.6* Playing on iPhone 12 Mini - This game was great, very educational and quite enjoyable to relive through Beth’s journey. Unfortunately after 3 months it stopped connecting to server. No badges or weekly rewards are updated anymore. The storyline is still functioning, and game play versus Ai still enjoyable, but shame I can’t play with anyone online to raise my Elo. I know this series has ended and funding and focus has shifted to the next Netflix games. I think this game still deserves some love. Anyways, 1 star till they fix it. But overall review 3.5 out of 5 for gameplay. ### 1/5 — Cant play game please fix *2026-01-11, version 3.6* Using ios, shows black screen nothing else, please fix i would love to play this game ### 1/5 — Won’t load *2026-01-09, version 3.6* Won’t load ### 4/5 — Unnecessary *2026-01-08, version 3.6* I think the game is great overall, but many of the teaching methods require one to do something in a certain amount of moves, like the mate in 2...but if one can mate in 1...why make it seem as if that way is incorrect, instead of showing there's more than one way to do something. I have photos of the specific ones demonstrating what I mean, but other than that, I enjoy the game for the most part thus far. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Repeated crashes *2026-08-01, version 4.0* Downloaded and played for five minutes. Crashed three times, each time immediately after completing a puzzle. More bugs to squash. ### 1/5 — Error *2026-06-13, version 3.9* There is an error in the last puzzle for the bodyguarding tactic. This puzzle cannot be solved in under four moves. I have even used AI to try and solve this puzzle. Many many frustrating times and even AI says that there has been an error in it. It cannot be done please fix this. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-02-22, version 3.6* Crashes and goes to a black screen as soon as I open on both iPad and iPhone ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-02-20, version 3.6* Black screen can’t even start the game ### 1/5 — Crashado *2026-02-17* O jogo simplesmente não abre, tentei várias vezes ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-02-12, version 3.6* This app does not work on my iPhone 14. EVERY app works except this one. I’ve tried so many things to get it to work but it won’t. ### 1/5 — Servers down *2026-02-12, version 3.6* Can’t sync play between ipad and phone. When you fail a puzzle, you have to listen to the failure text, go back to the rewards screen rather, then click the retry. Who thought that was a good design?! ### 1/5 — 저도 베스랑 체스하고싶어요 *2026-02-08* 근데 검은화면만 나옵니다 ### 1/5 — Crashes *2026-02-06, version 3.6* Game crashes while connecting to servers at game launch ### 1/5 — Does not work *2026-02-03, version 3.6* Would probably be a fun game if it would load. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Finally updated! Bugs fixed *2026-08-07, version 4.0* Update on update on update: The devs finally fixed the daily prize money function. No additional cities, but I’m glad you finally brought back daily goals. Back to 5 stars. Update: it took months and I unsubscribed to Netflix. They finally updated for iOS 18 and it works. Update: It no longer works at all. I updated to iOS 18.5, and all it does is crash immediately! Please fix! I’ve been playing for over a year now, and at first I was having fun and liked improving as I meandered through the “journey.” A couple months ago, the game stopped offering new weekly badges, and there’s a warning that pops up every time I sign in. Something about not being connected to the internet (except I am). I complained over the phone & a few days later it seemed almost fixed. I was again getting daily goals, though still no new badges. Now it’s back to saying I’m not online, and I can only get new goals if I connect. I’m running 18.3.2 on an iPad, so I’m current. Fix the app, please! ### 5/5 — 퍼즐43은 대체 어떻게 푸나요? *2026-07-05* 체스는 또한 아름다워요 - 메이트 인 2 퍼즐43은 도저히 2수 안에 체크메이트가 불가능한 것 같습니다. 확인 부탁드려요 ### 5/5 — Great Game *2026-06-20, version 3.9* A great game for learning chess! ### 5/5 — Parfait *2026-04-30* Excellent pour apprendre à jouer aux échecs ou pour s’améliorer. Un grand respect aux développeurs pour la qualité du jeu et des graphismes. **Developer response:** Content que vous appréciez le jeu ! Nous aimons toujours entendre les avis des joueurs sur ce que nous faisons bien et ce que nous pouvons améliorer. ### 5/5 — Fantastic game! Wrong icon? *2026-03-07, version 3.9* I absolutely love this one. Have been learning lots of things chess while reminiscing over how amazing the show was. But why is the app icon an Unreal logo on my iPad? Strange. ### 5/5 — GAMBIT *2026-02-20* Top de chez top …. Pourrait être super top de chez extra top si on pouvait simuler les coups dans les exercices au lieu que cela s’arrête car on a pris la mauvaise pièce ### 5/5 — Apprentissage *2026-02-03, version 3.5* Excellente la façon de faire l’apprentissage, ma femme et moi ont adorent ### 5/5 — Is the server down *2026-01-21, version 3.6* This is a wonderful game but I can’t never go online keep getting an error message. Are we not able to play online anymore on this game ? ### 5/5 — Läuft nicht *2025-12-03* Schon 2x installiert, nach dem Netflix-Login nur schwarzer Bildschirm (iPhone 16 Pro). Über die Seite gibts leider keine ordentliche Support-Möglichkeiten. Schade, hätte echt Lust auf das Spiel gehabt. ### 5/5 — I like the serie and the game, My favorite serie *2025-09-01, version 3.6* 💕💕 --- *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 2026-09-03.*