Free Chess?

[Londonrockz568]

Dammit....im so pissed you have to pay for the full chess games.

Why cant someone make a full chess Free. Anyone know any?
All the current Free ones arent Chess.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I don't know, but I'd love for Rybka 3.0 to come out for the iPhone someday...

[Joseph B]

There's a really nice free Chess Web App available for the iPhone. It even has a nice opening book:

Shredder Chess for iPhone (http://www.shredderchess.com/iphone/)

[aknightstale41]

There's a really nice free Chess Web App available for the iPhone. It even has a nice opening book:

Shredder Chess for iPhone (http://www.shredderchess.com/iphone/)

I agree, a very good free chess game...and its difficult to win.
Off the subject of chess for a minute, does anyone know of that program that was supposed to start up your car and roll down your windows right from your iphone? I forget what its called but it should be out by now. I would pay some bucks for that....if i could find it.

[Londonrockz568]

There's a really nice free Chess Web App available for the iPhone. It even has a nice opening book:

Shredder Chess for iPhone (http://www.shredderchess.com/iphone/)

Really good game, a bit easy tho... but the AI is dynamic, its like your playing a human player.

[Joseph B]

Really good game, a bit easy tho... but the AI is dynamic, its like your playing a human player.

London,

Did you try the "Hard" mode (available from the Menu)?

In that mode the best I've been able to do is force a draw. (The play is a little more conservative in that mode as well.)

The main thing I like about its opening book is the rather unconventional way it counters the "Stonewall Offense". It really allows me to try out a plethora of variations off that Queens Pawn opening.

[JoeT]

There's a new free Chess app out in the App Store today:

http://appshopper.com/games/chess-o

[jarofclay73]

I got Cyber Chess when it was free: http://appshopper.com/games/cyber-chess-ultimate-online-chess

Sorry, maybe I should have posted here when it was free.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Back in the 80's, I was an avid buyer of chess computers, much to the chagrin of my wife (now my ex -- not because of the computers). I went through a steady succession of them, bought in the US and in Germany when I was stationed there. Oh yeah -- the Philippines , too. :smile:

They ranged from crappy little calculator-type machines to nice, large wooden auto-response units that played fairly well. But now that desktop computers have so much speed and memory available, there are many fantastic chess software packages out there.

[mpurland]

There's a new free Chess app out in the App Store today:

http://appshopper.com/games/chess-o




Yes. Chess O was just released. I'm the creator of it and plan on making many additions to it in the coming future. I have an update coming soon that will fix many bugs, adds a more varied opening book, and a performance enhancement that should theoretically increase the strength when not handicapped by 2-3x. Many of the issues in the initial reviews are already addressed and the update will be pushed out soon.

I am welcome to any comments, suggestions, and ideas so please don't hesitate.

If anyone is interested, please visit http://www.chesso.org

Hope everyone enjoys it!

Matthew Purland

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Yes. Chess O was just released. I'm the creator of it and plan on making many additions to it in the coming future. I have an update coming soon that will fix many bugs, adds a more varied opening book, and a performance enhancement that should theoretically increase the strength when not handicapped by 2-3x. Many of the issues in the initial reviews are already addressed and the update will be pushed out soon.

I am welcome to any comments, suggestions, and ideas so please don't hesitate.

If anyone is interested, please visit http://www.chesso.org

Hope everyone enjoys it!

Matthew Purland

Will the update include a fix for the board orientation (white square in bottom right corner)?

Thanks in advance!

[alamarco]

I downloaded Cyber Chess for free on Black Friday, and downloading your Chess O right now. Haven't tried either yet, but hopefully I can on the weekend when I get some free time. I was looking for a good free chess game as well before Black Friday, and now I have two alternatives. From the description, Chess O seems promising :).

[mpurland]

Yes. Chess O was just released. I'm the creator of it and plan on making many additions to it in the coming future. I have an update coming soon that will fix many bugs, adds a more varied opening book, and a performance enhancement that should theoretically increase the strength when not handicapped by 2-3x. Many of the issues in the initial reviews are already addressed and the update will be pushed out soon.

I am welcome to any comments, suggestions, and ideas so please don't hesitate.

If anyone is interested, please visit http://www.chesso.org

Hope everyone enjoys it!

Matthew Purland

The promised update is available on the app store. This 1.01 Fix release improves performance, crashing issues, board orientation, and speed. Please check it out.

A feature release including analysis functions, unlimited time, and complete save game support is coming. Please stay tuned.