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2020-02-24

Applications to play chess with your mobile

One of the chess applications that I like the most is:

Chessbypost is a simple tool that allows you to play chess that many years ago we called postal chess, that is, chess whose times span for days and weeks. Currently, correspondence meetings are held using email. An organization responsible for organizing events of this nature, including the Olympics and the World Chess Championship (by mail, email or chess server), is the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF).

But let's focus on the application: the application works very well, it is multiplatform, and it allows you to play games with your friends, with people on Facebook or games with ratings, so you can also check your progression with a simple but useful graphic. In addition, it is completely free.

My recommendation is that on vacation you play one or two games but not more simultaneously and try to deepen as much as possible in the positions. Otherwise you end up acquiring the bad habits of blitz games and play in any way at the traffic lights, while making the purchase ... Of course, if your goal is simply to have fun, there are no rules!

Playchess by Chessbase. Playchess has become a standard for years. If you want to play games of the highest level of course this is your place. You will find dozens of professional players, games with and without a rating, and a lot of experiences such as tournaments, retransmission of elite games ... If you want to play blitz and you don't like to wait. Playchess.com facilitates the rapid exchange of plays with high bandwidth servers and minimum response times. Although it must also be said that sometimes it takes a bit of dawn to find a rival.

It is a paid application although you can also play with a free version although with important limitations. Personally I have been subscribed for years and I am a fervent follower. In next articles I will tell you some tricks to progress with this tool.

Ichess tactics. It is a tactical training application created by Asim Pereira, who is a prolific developer of mobile applications. If you are interested in computer science and chess, I recommend you visit their modest website, it has interesting information.

Ichesstactics is available for Android and also for Iphone. The two things that I like most about this application are that the interface is very intuitive and usable, and that it has compiled more than 1000 positions of real tournament games, so we avoid studies and laboratory positions that are not usually the most useful when we want to improve our combinatorial level. It is very functional and a good training tool, and also completely free.

2020-01-20

With this program you can teach chess to a child of 3 years or more to play chess from scratch in a fun, visually striking way, you can create a user with the name of the children you want to teach and record their progress. Here you will learn to know the chess board, the chips, their movements and captures, as well as the checkmate.

It has many interactive games with which the child will have fun learning.

Professor MAC Dinosario will guide you throughout the process in a pleasant and clear way.

As the child learns the lessons, his character is also growing in size, which is a child dinosaur that represents the child who learns.

Striking game that provides children with a fun method to learn how to play chess. The dinosaur chess game comes with a nice interface and a built-in interactive learning method.

The action takes you through various parts of the jungle dinosaur world to the forests. Here you learn chess skills that will help you grow enough to defeat the other dinosaurs in battle.

Here are some key features of "dinosaur chess":

· 11 interactive lessons
20 mini games and puzzles

Download Chess for Dinosourios (Android)

Download Chess for Dinosourios (PC)

2019-03-15

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David Lapetina. Modified by Opensource.com. CC BY-SA 3.0.

The game of chess has challenged and entertained players for centuries. From the courts of medieval royalty to modern after-school chess programs, the game has widespread appeal and has withstood the test of time. Chess is easy to learn but difficult to master. Each player controls 16 pieces on a board consisting of 64 squares. There are six different types of pieces: Pawn, Bishop, Knight, Rook, Queen, and King—so learning the basics can take an hour or so.

However, learning the basics is just the beginning. It takes time and practice to master the skills to handle the many possible variations in a game. Mathematician Claude Shannon calculated that there are 10⁴³ possible legal moves in a chess game.

Like many classic games, chess is available as a computer application for almost every computing platform, including smartphones. This roundup includes seven different open source Android applications that chess enthusiasts should check out. With these apps you can play chess against your phone or an online opponent, study and analyze chess games, turn your phone into a basic chess clock, and even organize a chess tournament. All of these apps are in the F-Droid repository, which is an excellent resource for users who want to avoid the Google Play store, and only use purely open source software on their Android device.

Chess

Despite being simply named, Chess is the app on this list with the most features. The standard play mode includes features such playing in blind mode with the pieces hidden, and supports Chess 960-Fisher Random mode, which changes the starting locations of the pieces. In addition to play vs. computer, play vs. another person locally, and online play, Chess includes a puzzle mode and a practice mode. The puzzle mode challenges players with "Mate in Two" exercises, while the practice mode races the player against the clock. Users can download practice sets, a beginner puzzle set, and other add-ons from the Chess website. The version of the app in F-Droid has not been updated since 2014, but it is a mature, polished app. It is available under an MIT license, and source code is on GitHub.

Chess Walk

Chess Walk is a simple, basic chess program. Players compete against a computer opponent, or against an online opponent via the Free Internet Chess Server. Beyond that, Chess Walk offers few extra features, and while it might not do as much as some of the other chess programs on this list, it is the perfect choice for a user looking for an lightweight app that does one thing and does it well. Chess Walk's source code is hosted on GitLab, and the app is licensed under the GPLv3.

DroidFish

DroidFish is built on the Cuckoochess and StockFish chess engines. It supports a wide variety of game modes, including two players playing on the same device, and two computer players playing each other. The app supports opening books and endgame tables, displays arrows showing possible moves, and has an analysis mode and a blind play mode. If Scid on the go (see below) is installed, DroidFish can read the Scid files, allowing the user to review chess games inside DroidFish. With so many features aimed at helping users study and improve their chess game, DroidFish is an excellent choice for a user wanting an app for digging deep into strategy.

DroidFish is licensed under the GPLv3. See developer Peter Österlund's page for links to the source code and build instructions.

Scid on the go

Scid on the go is a mobile viewer for Shane's Chess Information Database files. These files are collections of chess games for study and review. The version of Scid on the go in F-Droid has not been updated since 2013, but the version in the Google Play Store has a version that was updated in May of 2015. Despite the fact that the F-Droid version is somewhat outdated, it can fetch and import files from The Week in Chess magazine with no problems, but it does seem to have issues connecting to ChessOK. Released under the GPLv2, Scid on the go's source code is hosted on Google Code, and there does not seem to be a more up-to-date repository.

ChessWatch

ChessWatch is one of the two chess clock applications available in F-Droid. It turns an Android device into a impromptu chess clock, but it is not as nice as using a real chess clock. Use it to set the initial time on the clock, and the amount of time added to each player's time after each move. The clock uses the Fischer delay method for adding time to the clock. The button for ending a turn is very small, and most of the screen is just wasted space. ChessWatch's source code is available on GitHub, and the project uses the GPLv2.

Simple Chess Clock

The other chess clock available in F-Droid, Simple Chess Clock, is a little more robust than ChessWatch. Simple Chess Clock supports setting the initial start time and delay time. It can also supports three different delay methods: none, Bronstein, or Fisher. The buttons for each player are much larger than ChessWatch's, and are located at the edge of the screen, making it a little easier to use. Simple Chess Clock is released under GPLv3, with source code on GitHub.

Swiss Chess Tournament

Playing against a computer or an online opponent is a rewarding experience, but it is not as exciting as playing a real person, face-to-face. Swiss Chess Tournament is a simple app for setting up a Swiss-system tournament. In a Swiss tournament, players play against opponents with similar rankings in each round without having repeat matches. While the app would benefit from some usability enhancements, this Apache2-licensed application is good enough for setting up a basic chess tournament for smaller groups. Swiss Chess Tournament's source code is on GitHub.

Source Creative Comomns: https://opensource.com/life/16/6/open-source-android-apps-chess

2017-11-13

Chess Quest offers 1200 exercises in six levels (200 each). After the so-called "Basic Level" for beginners, the exercises in the Level 1 are comparable to the educational exercises in the Anthology of Chess Combinations. In fact, some of them are the same exercises. Exercises in level five are challenging for advanced players, perhaps even for masters.

An advantage of Chess Quest is that completed exercises can be returned to for further study. Another advantage is the option of playing through alternate responses by the defending player. A small tree symbol appears in the game annotation where alternate responses are possible. Some exercises have complex trees.

The app has a simple design. Pressing a plus advances through the exercises in each level, or through the several levels. The user may configure whether the objective (White to checkmate, White to draw) is announced at the start of the problem, or remains hidden. I find this feature useful, and have turned off the notification. Hence, I must assess whether I am playing to win or to draw. Sometimes. the objective is merely to gain an advantage, or to avoid losing equality.

The quality of the problems selected is a significant strength of Chess Quest. They are well chosen.

The app works in portrait mode and does not rotate. I paid $4.99 for the app, but this price is a sale price "for a limited time."

GM Leonid Yudasin selected the exercises.

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Soucer: chessskill.blogspot.com License CC

2017-10-23

Description

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With this 3D chess game you will fight with powerful artificial intelligence or play with friends

Features :

+ Play online

+ Single player

+ Two players

+ Chess puzzles

Have no access to connect to Wi-Fi? This top Strategi app is just 41.1M. This app costs you rarely cellular data. 9Apps also provides other hot Strategi apps(games) for android mobile phone. Click download icon to full download this free app.

What's New

-Version 1.1.1
+ Fix some bugs
-Version 1.1.0
+ Add chess puzzles
+ Add online feature
-Version 1.0.3
+ Small change flow of game
-Version 1.0.2
+ Fix bug lost some chess pieces when touch undo button
-Version 1.0.1
+ Fix some bugs

2017-08-01

Chess for Kids - Play & Learn

by Chess.com

Rated: Guidance Suggested

Price: Free Download

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Available instantly

This app needs permission to access:

Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location

Chess App Description

Learn & play chess the FUN way with the ultimate chess app for ChessKids - and for their parents & coaches too!

Your kids can learn the rules & strategies of the world's greatest brain game, with an app that is AD-FREE and 100% SAFE.

Learn the rules, and then play unlimited games in real time - or with several days per move - it's up to you! Kids can challenge their parents, play vs other chess-kids, or match wits with our configurable computer opponent (especially handy if there's no Internet connection)! The app also offers 1000s of chess puzzles to sharpen the eye - and a growing library of excellent video lessons prepared by top coaches & master players!

Chess games are **unlimited** and forever free: Play multiple Slow games at the same time, and play all the Fast games you can handle! Premium learning features are available via optional upgrade.

Technical details

Size: 15.4MB

Version: 2.1.07a

Developed By: Chess.com

Application Permissions:

Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
Open network sockets
Access information about networks
PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
Allows sending in-app billing requests and managing in-app billing transactions
Read from external storage
Write to external storage
Allows an application to receive messages via Google Cloud Messaging

Minimum Operating System: Android 2.3

Approximate Download Time: Less than 2 minutes

Latest updates

What's new in version 2.1.07a

v2.1.07
- bugfixes for Lessons and Comp
v2.1.06
- Faster username validation
v.2.1.05
- Computer engine fixes
- Lessons and Tactics fixes
- other minor bugfixes and improvements

2017-01-24

Download App Chess Tactics for Beginners

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This course is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko which became a sort of chess publishing sensation and sold over 200,000 copies. More than 1300 training exercises are intended for beginners, both children and adults. Elementary and simple tasks (1-, 2- and 3-way) are used as teaching material.

This course is in the series Chess King Learn, which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players.
With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice.

The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make.

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Advantages of the program:

High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness
You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher
Different levels of complexity of the tasks
Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems
The program gives hint if an error is made
For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown
You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer
Interactive theoretical lessons
Structured table of contents
The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process
Test mode with flexible settings
Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises
The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet
The application does not require an internet connection
The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics:

1. Mate in 1
1.1. Rook checkmates
1.2. Queen checkmates
1.3. Bishop checkmates
1.4. Knight checkmates
1.5. Pawn checkmates
1.6. Mate in 1
2. Winning material
2.1. Gain a rook
2.2. Gain a knight
2.3. Gain a bishop
2.4. Gain a queen
3. Draw
4. Mate in 2
4.1. Double check
4.2. Queen checkmates
4.3. Rook checkmates
4.4. Knight checkmates
4.5. Bishop checkmates
4.6. Pawn checkmates
5. Sacrifice material
5.1. Queen sacrifice
5.2. Rook sacrifice
5.3. Bishop sacrifice
5.4. Knight sacrifice
6. How to proceed?

Technical Details

Size: 77.7MB

Version: 1.3

Developed By: Esotropi

Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )

Access the vibration feature
Open windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other applications
Allows sending in-app billing requests and managing in-app billing transactions
Write to external storage
Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
Change Wi-Fi connectivity state
Open network sockets
Access information about networks
Get information about the currently or recently running tasks: a thumbnail representation of the tasks, what activities are running in it, etc
PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
Access information about Wi-Fi networks
Read from external storage
Read only access to device state
Allows an application to receive messages via Google Cloud Messaging

Minimum Operating System: Android 4.0.3

Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes

DOWNLOAD: Comprehensive Beginner Chess Course (EC Vol 21-30) + Bonus

Chess tactics are extremely important players of all levels, but most relevant to beginner chess players. At the higher levels of chess, tactics are often very complex and combine different positional, strategic themes with an immediate tactical way of solving a problem. However at the beginner level in chess, tactics often decide a game immediately. For example if you are dropping a piece (or catching your opponent hanging a piece!) that should be enough to get a winning position. Tactics can be simple and direct, or tactics can involve several forcing moves to push your opponent around and dictate play. Tactics are an exceptionally important addition to the tournament player´s repertoire, and in the following chess video excerpt from the 2.5 hour Empire chess DVD ¨Chess Tactics of the Grandmasters¨ GM Damian Lemos explains the fundamental principles of strong tactical play.