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Version
1.0
Size
2.29 Mb
Updated
9 years ago
Released
05 Jul 2011
Screenshots
Description
HandyChess Online Chess is a simple yet powerful iPhone and iPod Touch online chess client. It is designed to be handy for both novices and experienced chess players, it usually takes just three taps to start a new chess game. HandyChess is focused on making things simple, but no simpler than an experienced chess player needs.
HandyChess uses FICS - Free Internet Chess Server (www.freechess.org). This is the most popular chess server in the Internet with more than 310,000 registered users and at almost any given time more than 1000 people online ready to play with you. There is no problem to find an opponent of your desired level in seconds.
When you seek an opponent, HandyChess gives the option to resume any paused games, then looks for other users that meet your formula.
Features:
- Only online play, no computer opponents
- Carefully crafted chessboard that looks like a natural wooden chessboard
- Clear chess pieces based on the Traveller Standard chess font
- Easy one-tap connection to chess server
- Fast and simple game seek mode (two taps in most cases)
- Ability to challenge your friends and accept their challenges
- Name, time, last move and rating is always on screen when playing
- Rematch support, automatic challenge to last opponent with the same settings
- Options to abort and adjourn games, automatic resume of adjourned games
- Option to show legal chess moves
- Simple FICS registration link
HandyChess is based on the powerful Cocos2D graphics library by Ricardo Quesada.
Please contact us if there are suggestions, improvements requests or stability issues, our email is [email protected]
Estimates
Availability
Devices
iPhoneFirstGen
iPodTouchFirstGen
iPodTouchSecondGen
iPhone3G
iPhone3GS
iPadWifi
iPad3G
iPhone4
iPodTouchThirdGen
iPodTouchFourthGen
iPad2Wifi
iPad23G
iPhone4S
iPadThirdGen
iPadThirdGen4G
iPhone5
iPodTouchFifthGen
iPadFourthGen
iPadFourthGen4G
iPadMini
iPadMini4G
iPhone5c
iPhone5s
iPadAir
iPadAirCellular
iPadMiniRetina
iPadMiniRetinaCellular
iPhone6
iPhone6Plus
iPadAir2
iPadAir2Cellular
iPadMini3
iPadMini3Cellular
iPodTouchSixthGen
iPhone6s
iPhone6sPlus
iPadMini4
iPadMini4Cellular
iPadPro
iPadProCellular
iPadPro97
iPadPro97Cellular
iPhoneSE
iPhone7
iPhone7Plus
iPad611
iPad612
iPad71
iPad72
iPad73
iPad74
iPhone8
iPhone8Plus
iPhoneX
Pricing by country
| Country | Price |
|---|---|
| Canada | free |
| China | free |
| France | free |
| Germany | free |
| Italy | free |
| Netherlands | free |
| Portugal | free |
| Spain | free |
| Poland | free |
| UK | free |
| India | free |
| Japan | free |
| Korea, Republic Of | free |
| Poland | free |
| Russia | free |
| Turkey | free |
| USA | free |
| Korea, Republic Of | free |
| Ukraine | free |
