Best Free Offline Chess Apps &amp; Games

4.9😐(70K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

#42in Games

Engage in classic chess matches offline with adjustable difficulty levels. Enhance your skills with hints, undo moves, and track your progress through personal statistics. Enjoy visually appealing graphics and flexible 2D or 3D piece options in this free board game.

What We Love

👍 Great game for beginners
🚀 Smooth gameplay
💡 Helpful hints and learning features
👍 Variety of difficulty levels
👍 Offline play option

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent stalemate issues
🔍 Difficulty level jumps too high
🔍 Puzzles have limited solutions
🔍 Ads are intrusive and frequent
🔍 Paid ad removal doesn't work as expected

Real Chess 3D by Sailendu Behera

Ultimate 3D Chess Game

Strong Contender

4.7😊(162K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

Experience chess in stunning 3D graphics. Play against friends or the CPU with adjustable difficulty. Learn new strategies with interactive tutorials and customize your game's appearance. Save your progress and undo moves for a seamless experience.

What We Love

🎨 Excellent graphics and visuals
🎢 Smooth and responsive gameplay
🎮 Customizable board and pieces
🧠 Challenging AI opponents
🕹️ Offline play against CPU
🎶 Calming background music

Room to Improve

🎢 Huge difficulty spike between Easy and Normal modes
🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
💰 Excessive ads in free version
🔄 Repetitive CPU moves in some situations
🔒 Inability to choose color (play as Black)
🔒 Limited undo/move history options

Chess ∙ by Optime Software LLC

Worth Considering

4.5😞(208K ratings)

FreeAds

#62in Games

Experience a visually appealing and engaging chess game on your iPhone and iPod Touch. Play against friends or a customizable AI opponent with features like undo and automatic saving. Enjoy a free, ad-supported experience.

What We Love

🚀 Fun to play everyday
👍 Good free game
👍 Nice little game
👍 Very good practice
👍 Addictive
👍 Great game for anyone
👍 Good app
👍 Awesome
👍 Really nice
👍 Winner
👍 Great for long flights

Room to Improve

🐛 AD crazy
🐛 Major glitches make the game impossible
🐛 Force draw
🐛 Issues, needs fixing but has potential
🐛 Disappearing Pieces
🐛 If you want to learn chess go somewhere else
🐛 Fraudulent Advertisement Included! Beware!
🐛 Ads
🐛 Pop-up ads, app freezes, phone screen freezes, and more
🐛 The game cheats
🐛 Allows the AI to cheat
🐛 Unbelievably buggy
🐛 Cheating
🐛 Cheats
🐛 Glitches
🐛 Terrible
🐛 Annoying as hell
🐛 Intrusive ads
🐛 Breaks Rules Too Often
🐛 Biggest disappointment ever
🐛 Unbelievably buggy
🐛 Cheating
🐛 Disappointing

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Chess Offline

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Offline gameplayLocal pass-and-play modePeer-to-peer multiplayer

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Play Chess and Solve Puzzles

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Engage in chess with millions globally through online matches, tournaments, and lessons. Improve your skills with over a million puzzles, powerful bot opponents, and detailed game analysis. Explore various chess variants and track your progress with in-depth statistics.

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Chess Acuity

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On-device board recognition from photosPGN import and analysisManual board setup and FEN input

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ChessHut: Offline Chess

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Play vs AI or a friend

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Engage in classic chess with stunning 3D graphics and versatile play modes. Challenge yourself with puzzles, play against AI or friends online, and learn with helpful move indicators. Save games, customize the board, and master openings.

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$4.99 | 100% OFF

Engage in a straightforward chess experience against a top-tier AI. This application allows you to play offline without needing an account, offering a pure challenge against a powerful engine.

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Play classic chess or Antichess with a friend on a single device or across two devices. This app enforces legal moves and saves your progress automatically. It's designed for two players, with no ads or accounts required.

Chess Online: Multiplayer Game

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