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SocialChess • Online Chess app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 3984 ratings )
Games Education Board Strategy Social Networking
Developer: Woodchop Software LLC
Free
Current version: 2024.02.0, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 29 Jun 2011
App size: 79.26 Mb

A polished, full featured way to play chess against friends or random opponents online. Play fast chess with a clock, or play many correspondence games at a time making moves whenever you have a chance every day or so.

"Social Chess Is The Best Way To Get Your iCheckmate On" -CultOfMac.com

DESIGN PRINCIPLES

* No Advertisements!
* Beautiful, clean, intuitive layout.
* Features are chosen and implemented carefully.
* Your privacy is respected. We will not spam or share any user info.
* Game features are driven by your feedback.

GAME FEATURES

* Statistics - ELO Rating, Wins, Losses, Draws.
* Elo Charts & Per Opponent statistics.
* Advanced features such as Conditional Moves and Premoves.
* Receive push notifications when a game is updated.
* Play even when there is no internet connection. Moves are sent later.
* Play up to 5 games at a time, or increase it to 100 with In-App purchase.
* Search for opponents by username, email, or well match you with a random opponent.
* Claim Victory if opponent does not make a move in the time allowed.
* Optional Takeback move.
* Chess960
* Analysis Board to work out your strategy.

SOCIAL FEATURES

* User Profile including picture, comments, etc.
* Map view of your opponents location.
* Chat and Group Chat
* Browse your opponents games, and their opponents games.
* Elo Rankings

Pros and cons of SocialChess • Online Chess app for iPhone and iPad

SocialChess • Online Chess app good for

Really enjoy playing long distance with family and friends. Game allows for moves to be made at convenience of opponents and notifies players when its their turn. Also like the in game texting which allows for conversation, learning and connection.
This is a great chess ap that allows me to play remotely against friends. There are a lot of options and features, but could still use some tweaking to improve functionality. Overall though, Im pretty happy with it.
Best chess game Ive tried. Played 10+ games at a time for the last nine months! Love it
Simple Looks great Easy layout Play with friends or anybody around the world - based on ELO an awesome chess app!!
No glitches other than my iPad had a funky board with tiny pieces one time but update fixed that problem. Wish I could play vs Computer to improve. This app got me hooked on Chess and Im 43 years old. 4.5 out of 5.
Yep. Best social chess app out there. Smooth play. Good rating system. Good community of players.

Some bad moments

Too much problem of lag boring boring BORING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disappointing piece of crap would be a compliment. Cant tell which color you will be. Huge lag issues have plagued this app since day 1. Its been brought to attention of web developer but doesnt seem to be of interest to them. I will play yahoo chess over this any day.
I thought a social chess website no one will care about the stats but in slow time control you still have sore losers using a chess software to play there games and the website dont really care best its to play on icc or chess.com
This app used to be fun, but is now plagued with the following issues: - GUI is too small and as a result I have to tap as many as 4 times on a piece to see a response. - response is EXTREMELY sluggish: almost a second after a move has been completed! - to make matters worse lag is now hidden: time jumps from minutes to seconds, after waiting the same amount of time for the opponents move! On a small device like mine and when playing fast time controls, this version is useless and I will be looking for alternatives.
I never saw the chess app ( i play chess for years) with so many lags lol. Remove it from the store, Apple, dont make joke from your customers.
No password renewal option. Sometime it coulndt connect to the server while there is connection. Also some of chat messages arent delivered.

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