Last updated on December 6th, 2025 at 07:24 pm
Chess Challenge Elite – Board Game Review
Chess Challenge Elite is a Board/Entertainment/Strategy game from CLASSIC GAMES NETWORK LLC, first launched in 23rd September 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 17+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Chess Challenge Elite Stand Out
Chess is a board game for two players. It is played on a square board, made of 64 smaller squares, with eight squares on each side. Each player starts with sixteen pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king. The goal of the game is for each player to try and checkmate the king of the opponent. Checkmate is a threat ('check') to the opposing king which no move can stop. It ends the game.
During the game the two opponents take turns to move one of their pieces to a different square of the board. One player ('White') has pieces of a light color; the other player ('Black') has pieces of a dark color. There are rules about how pieces move, and about taking the opponent's pieces off the board. The player with white pieces always makes the first move. Because of this, White has a small advantage, and wins more often than Black in tournament games.
Chess is popular and is often played in competitions called chess tournaments. It is enjoyed in many countries.
— 12 play levels (Novice->Expert) This uses intelligent weakening for lower levels. Good for beginners.
— Casual and Pro modes. Learn on Casual and progress to Pro.
— 2 player hot-seat. Play against your friends!
— Chess Stats, Timers and Hints
— 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets
- sound effects
- small size
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Chess Challenge Elite is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 13th October 2025
Recent improvements include:
iOS 26 update
Bug fixes
Please send comments or questions via Help section in App.
Download & Availability
Chess Challenge Elite is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Chess Challenge Elite on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is best entertainment game for everyone. Its very interesting and graphics are awesome. Movement and background sound effects are excellent.
We love this app- it's a great way to help teach our kids how to play chess- we think it's a great idea to be able to select s piece and it shows what the move options are- our daughter almost beat us the first time she played.
Challenging chess game that is endless fun.
Im simply too satisfied with this Chess game app, we found this free chess app is better than real chess, we dont have to do anything, all works done by the app, simply sit and play, its more useful for people who are in chess sport, profession, the quality of video and music is very impressive, its good for all ages people, its too entertaining and smooth app, we recommend this app, its a good quality app.
Good game! This game fascinates us,it is one of our most love to play game.
We havent played chess for a while so we got this game to remind us the old days when we played chess with our family. We can choose different difficulty levels to challenge ourselves, or play with our friends in two-player mode. The best chess app we have used in a while.
We like this game is one of the best chess games we played on the iPhone.
Love this app! Playing it helps us have a funny time and relax After our works. Thanks.
Whether you're a beginner or an expert, chess challenge elite has various skill levels. You can change the style of the board as well as the chess pieces. Once you start playing this chess game, you will never want to stop.
An entertaining game. We are very excited. It helps us to train our best thinking ability. Thank you very much.
New to chess game, we really enjoy playing this game, to improve our strategies as well as compete with other players. Fun.
This app has tons of features for learning (lessons, puzzles,video,articles, and more) and playing with people from all over the world. Best mobile chess app we have seen so far.
Great chess game, funny and addictive.
Its a pretty simple game as long as you know how to play. It can get kind of boring but we love how it tells you where you can go when you click on a piece . Its pretty standard no change of backgrounds or nothing . We like it but we wish it was more appealing.
We had a hard time moving our chess pieces on our iPhone 6 & iPad mini. After tapping the one we wanted to move many times it finally moved but then after that none would move again so we gave up…app needs work for sure.
King was in check. Failed to make move to get out of check and moved another piece.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 78.36 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: CLASSIC GAMES NETWORK LLC
Last updated: 13th October 2025 | Genre: Board, Entertainment | Developer: CLASSIC GAMES NETWORK LLC