Chess Online - Clash of Kings

This game use to be great… Up until a week or two ago they made changes to the game before you could play as much chess as you wanted to and now they have energy used to play each game and after your energy is depleted you have to wait to play again just another way to make you watch ads Which brings me to another case I have paid for ad free play and am still seeing ads and have reached out about the problem and it still hasn’t been solved this game over is by far the best chess app I have used but they are doing way to much for no reason other than to force ads on you if they took all that out especially since it’s a service I have paid for this app would be amazing

This app is: helpful, clean, and responds possitively/accurately. This app is not: Battlechess 2021, new puzzles, extra frills. What you get: - Online play with a good matching system (I've never failed to find a game with over 50 in 2 months) - fair tiering. Casual players can make it to level 3 or 4 against the computer and it runs all the way up to... Well I haven't beaten 6 yet, honestly - online tier are "or higher" style. So as move up you have access to higher tiers. ...and you still have access to lower tiers. For online matches it uses a "wager" system for matches that pays 1-to-2. So you have to earn gold solving puzzles ("Mate in 'x' moves" puzzles which get more difficult as you progress) to support a win rate < 2-to-1 in online play. So it really pushes players to improve to keep playing in the online community. That's all the scoop I have for you so far. Enjoy.

I’ve been playing chess my whole life. I’ve played against some fantastic opponents in my time but none of them have ever given me the same level of challenge as this games LEVEL 4! I lost multiple times in a row and the computer always seemed to pick the perfect counter to whatever move I was attempting to make. That is, until I decided to use an “undo” then all of the sudden the moves the computer starts marking are amateur?! Throwing its rooks and queen into squares I could easily take the, it was like handouts after countless matches of frustration wondering why somebody who’s played for so long and considers himself to be decent enough was struggling with only 40% of the maximum difficulty this app provides. Then I noticed for the full game they charge $10 and it came with unlimited hints and undos. I can’t prove anything, but I’m very confident the algorithm is meant to up the difficulty drastically until you start using hints and undos. All in an attempt to get people to pay for more or watch the ads (which by watching mid match gives you a hint or an undo). Either way I’m furious, I’m not shocked at all that this app holds a pathetic 1 star.