Shuffle Chess 960 vs ScrollChess

Shuffle Chess 960 brings Fischer Random Chess to your iPhone in a clean and distraction-free interface. In Chess960, the back-rank pieces start in one of 960 valid setups. Less memorized opening theory, more over-the-board thinking from move one. New to the game? Learn to Play walks you through every piece and how to win, by doing. Then play solo against a built-in opponent, anytime — no internet, no account, no sign-up. FEATURES: • Learn to Play: A guided, hands-on tutorial — meet the pieces and learn how to win. • Solo vs Engine: Play Chess960 against a built-in opponent. • Adjustable Strength: Tune the engine to match your level. • Move Analysis: Get a Best-to-Blunder rating on your last move (optional). • Move Hints: Stuck? Pause and the top suggestions appear on the board (optional). • Position Numbers & Stats: Every shuffle has an ID (0–959); track your win/loss record per position and rematch the same one. • 100% Offline & Local: Play anywhere with no internet required. • True Chess960 Rules: Generates valid Chess960 starting positions with castling handled correctly. • Fast, Minimal UI: Smooth board interactions with no clutter. • Lively Animations: Captures and moves glide smoothly across the board. • Private by Design: No ads, no tracking. • Free to Play: No purchase required to play. Tap once for a fresh Chess960 position and start playing.

Chess on Apple Watch you cannot mis-tap. A chess square on a watch is about half the size Apple's own guidelines set as the minimum for anything you tap. So ScrollChess does not ask you to tap one. The Digital Crown moves a crosshair from one legal option to the next, and a tap — anywhere on the screen — confirms it. Nothing on the board is a touch target, so there is nothing to miss. ON YOUR WRIST • Play a full game against a chess engine written for this app, at four levels — from beginner to a strong club player • A daily puzzle that takes about twenty seconds, with a streak. 1,048 of them are in the app, which is a new one every day for nearly three years • Add a complication and today's puzzle is one tap from the watch face • It all runs on the watch alone — no phone nearby, no signal, no account ON YOUR IPHONE • The same engine and the same daily puzzle, with direct taps on a larger board • Take a move back, replay it, and step through the game move by move • Pass and play: hand the phone to someone else and the board turns itself around between moves AN OPPONENT THAT PLAYS LIKE A PERSON The four levels are not one engine with the brakes on. A weaker level chooses among moves the search already approved, so it plays inaccurately rather than absurdly — it will punish a blunder but it will not hand you a queen for nothing. It also takes a moment to answer, because an opponent that replies instantly to a move you thought about is not an opponent, it is a machine. BUILT FOR THE WATCH FIRST Every number in this app came off a wrist rather than a monitor. The board fills the screen, the haptics are tuned so one pulse means one step of the crosshair, and the puzzles were filtered for lines short enough to solve while your arm is up. ACCESSIBILITY The board is fully navigable with VoiceOver on both platforms: every square announces where it is, what stands on it and what is happening to it, and can be played directly. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is nothing to sign into and nothing to switch off. The engine, the puzzles and your games live on your device. No analytics, no advertising, no data leaves the app — it works the same in Airplane Mode. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO There is no online play and no matchmaking with strangers. This is a game against the engine, a daily puzzle, and a board you can hand to the person next to you. The watch and the phone each keep their own games and their own streak — nothing syncs between them yet. One purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases. Questions: hey@scrollchess.com