Chess for Watch & Phone

I’m editing my original review witch had two stars for the lack of castle feature. Now that full chess is on my watch, this app is as great as intended.

Edit: wow, every feature was just fixed. The only thing that’s keeping this from being perfect is that it’s hard to play on the watch because it’s such a small screen (lots of mistake moves because I didn’t tap on the precise location). Don’t know how that could be fixed though... maybe an undo button? Otherwise it works. Old review below: No castling, no en passant. If you mistakenly press the home button on the screen (which is easy to do) the game is lost.

I downloaded this app a few weeks ago and so far it beats the original Apple Watch chess app, the app that comes with the watch doesn’t even let you play chess on it but this one is just simple and fun. The only bad thing is that the board is tiny on the phone and sometimes on the watch when you try to go to the home screen, or move a player that is in a cluster of other pieces it moves the wrong player or moves yours not where you want it to go. I have had it freeze only once. But overall it is

First of all, congratulations to the developers on creating this game. It’s totally awesome to play chess on my Apple Watch. I am not really such a great player, but I am a very enthusiastic player. That being said, the engine that runs the game is not so strong. Even on the hardest level, I am able to win without much trouble. (My rating is somewhere around 1400.) If you like Chess, you absolutely should buy this app. It’s only $.99. But don’t expect a high level game. Someone else had suggeste

I really enjoy playing this version of chess on my devices and I think the logic and strategy is excellent. Although there are a minor hiccups such as a pawn making an impossible move, this happens very rarely and I would still recommend this app.