Chess - tChess Pro

Most chess programs have major issues with how the difficulty scales. You can select beginner and it’ll sac it’s queen turn 2 and you figure “ok that’s a bit too beginner” and so you select medium and it plays like Karlson’s better grandpa. Then you play a few games and it varies wildly in ability at the same setting. This game was once that way years ago but seems to have leveled off and become very good in that regard. Enjoyable and well worth the download.

I’ve been using this app for quite a while. Can’t even remember when I initially bought it. Even though I frequently try out some of the newer/different apps, I keep coming back to this one as my main chess app. I really like the clean, uncluttered look. Just an excellent rendered chess board (with many different style choices if desired) and an easy to use set of powerful features. Also, superb customer support. I recently noticed a small bug and notified the developer via email. He had it fixed and an update on the app store the next day — which, considering the App store’s normal turnaround time is a superhuman effort.

In the Army in Alaska in the late 50s, I learned and played a ton of chess and got pretty good at it. Since then, however, life interfered with pleasure, and I have played little to none since. Retired now, I’d like to return to the game but am astonished at how much I have forgotten about it. After trying several apps, I have settled on this one as the pick of the litter. One can turn the clock on and off and adjust the computer’s skill level (I took it down to the bottom and am working my way back up). The one small difficulty I had was resolved overnight by Mr. Kerrigan, and I am greatly enjoying the game again.