Last updated on November 24th, 2025 at 10:20 am
Chess Online Play Chess Live – Strategy Game Review
Chess Online Play Chess Live is a Strategy/Board game from Dong Truong Quang, first launched in 23rd May 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 227+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Chess Online Play Chess Live Stand Out
Chess Online provides unlimited online rooms for chess players worldwide to enjoy the classic strategy board game. Connect with opponents across multiple platforms and experience exciting features such as real-time chat, and live match spectating. The game supports both portrait and landscape modes for a seamless experience.
Download Chess Online today and challenge players from around the world!
Lost all your in-game currency? No worries! Receive daily rewards or purchase more from the shop to keep playing and improving your skills.
Key Features:
- Instant Play: Jump into a match without signing in, or log in with Game Center to track your ranking.
- Smart Matchmaking: Get paired with players of similar rank or challenge opponents from all skill levels.
- Play with Friends & Family: Use a room ID to join private matches and compete with loved ones.
- Live Spectating & Match History: Watch real-time chess battles from around the world and analyze past games to improve your strategy.
- Custom Game Rooms: Create your own chess room with customizable settings, including game time, and max players.
- In-Game Chat: Communicate with your opponent during live matches.
- Full Chess Rule Support: Enjoy all official chess rules, including castling, en passant, and pawn promotion.
- Solo Training Mode: Play against yourself with a timer to refine your moves and develop better strategies.
Are you ready to prove your chess skills? Download Chess Online now and become a master of the board!
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Chess Online Play Chess Live is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 20th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
Fixing issues in Lobby page
Download & Availability
Chess Online Play Chess Live is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Chess Online Play Chess Live 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:
So fun we won like five times in a row.
Well we wish it had more options to play 10 mins 2 minutes per move and 30 seconds per move , but in all its pretty good but at times , just like other apps , the app sometimes slips and makes a move we didnt intend on moving to , so In a close game we usually loose which is not good , but we guess other apps have the same problems.
This app is so great. There are no ads, which is amazing for a free app. The customizable board is really cool. And we can't think of anything else to say.
You should be able to determine if the game is a ten second game or not without having to press start and lose a wager if you dont want to play a fast game. Not everyone can play speed chess. And it places players at a dis advantage. And the app allows ppl to cheat when they are about to lose it makes you lose connection. Also, you should be restricted to playing within a hundred or so ex points of your level. You have people at the master level constantly playing people at the amateur level bullying the lesser player just to pad their stats and money level. Makes the game less competitive and makes lesser players lose interest because no one wants to lose all the time. Please fix. Could easily be a 5 start app if implemented.
No pre moves or anything like that. Has a stupid timer per move.
We got this game to practice but what the heck in practice mode there is not a freaking bot instead you play both of them at the same time :( what the heck this is the worst chess game pls who made tHiS.
Great practice site to help us move on from being a beginner/amateur.
We think that this is an okay app we mean like it can be a little tedious not knowing what level yiu are going up against but other than that you can chat wall playing and we just need a place to play chess and that is what we got.
Good platform for playing blitz chess with other players. The actual menus and stuff are kinda janky, but overall good app.
This game overall is really fun, but there is one thing that (at least for us) ruins the experience completely. First of all we want to say we love the matchmaking process, its extremely responsive, there always seems to be someone online.The only problem we have with this game is the currency system its run horribly. The designer of this game mustve had an IQ in negative digits because you start with a certain amount of cash and if you win a game, you gain some cash, if you lose a game you lose cash; this is heavily flawed because if you lose too many games, you will no longer have sufficient funds to even PLAY a game which (Last time we recalled) was the ONLY way to gain money besides buying it with real life money. There are only a few other nitpicks we have such as the fact that you need a certain amount of money to design your avatar (which is stupid) and we feel players get punished too harshly for taking too long to make a move (tho we suppose this is supposed to keep the game moving along at a faster rate. In conclusion This game is beautiful Mess, its Simultaneous a game where you can face stranger to get better at chess and wait an entire day to play another match again because you took too long to make a move.
Great app for playing live chess.
Please get rid of that timer PLEASE.
We were really happy at how you were actually allowed to chat in your own words. The in game play was average but the addition of exp points and coins was fantastic.
Worse chess app Ive ever played on social chess and icc are way better and way more user friendly.
We have just begun exploring the app, the sound effects are unique, and can be distracting, hopefully more so for our opponent.
Game play is good. Some of the users cheat and tough to find a decent match.
Fun concept of playing with other players and getting gold when you win the games with other playere.
This game would be awesome if we didn't have to pay to play make it free and we'll give it 5 stars. We also noticed rooms are filled and takes some time for a player play.
The chess is fully online and uses these fake cash to be able to play, and is really fun.
After the update that supposedly was fixing bugs it's impossible to castle. Please fix it.
Needs a time in between 9 secs and 50 or whatever it is…like a 14-20 sec move for example.
Didn't know Black moved first.
Before the update we logged in and got rewards and now you get nothing. On top of that theres a glitch on rematch that lets black move first.
So far so good,, now all we have to do is become a better player.
There are a couple of things that would really help this app #1. After a game you got the switching sides down, but it's the colors that's the problem. If two players play a second game, it has to be played backwards the way the app is set up now. #2. When the game comes down to two kings, there is no stale mate. The game should be a draw by reason of stalemate. We haven't had a situation where we actually stalemate a king, so we cannot comment on that. Get those 2 issues fixed and it becomes a 5star app!!! Just 2 now because we had to waste a lot of time to run time out moving 2 kings around on the board and the backwards play in a rematch we absolutely hate. Thanks.
Nice app but black doesn't move first morons.
Nice app to play chess with world class players.
Pretty clever idea. No one really likes playing AI in chess so this satisfied our need to play against real humans.
Awesome game! We luv online games! ;).
Love the game and love the app!! We keep playing this all day.
Good old chess. The only thing that could use improvement is the user interface and the fonts are really hard to read.
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We just don't like the fact that you have to place bets in order to play..we can't find any other chess app as good as this one and we're not that good at chess so we often lose but other than that we really like it.
Nice speed and operation methods.
Sometimes the program allows black to make the first move. And once it even allowed black to move twice before white moved. Once they get the bugs worked out this would be a decent ap.
We think this is one of the best chess apps there is available… Only minor details is sometimes the countdown freezes up and your turn is over and you end up losing your money other than that it's quick and efficient and very fun to play.
This is a very good game, now we can finally play chess with other people. However, we are pretty sure someone stole our money somehow because he could not checkmate us and then we were kicked from the game, lost the money we bet in the game, and all the game said was that we didnt have enough money to bet which didnt make sense. Then we found the guy we faced that game and his name is "% Silenthell %" which just so happened to be about #60 on the leaderboard and we dont believein coincidences. So beware because we are pretty sure that this guy stole our in-game money and it made us really mad.
We love this app. We're making so much money now that we are able to quit our regular job and play chess for money! We only need to figure out how to get the checks sent to us.
Good app for players of all levels.
Perfect app for all fans of chess! Quality and nicely done.
This game is fun and simple to play. It's a simple way to pass the time. Our chess skills have gotten so much better. We highly recommend.
We can compete with people all over the world in this app. It's a good place to improve our chess skill.
Awesome online chess game.needs more piece variety and landscapes.
One of the best game that we ever played..graphics is really cool..we are loving it..thanks a lot for creating such an awesome game.
Nothing beats the fun this app brings to its users. The quality of app is good enough we have nothing bad to say about it.
Nice graphics and play rooms. Everything is great for a chess player.
Love chess, so the game is really great for us ! Challenging and engaging.
Great app! Gets you into a match quickly. Love the interface theme.
Not too fond of the in app purchases but otherwise gets the job done and well.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.5.12
- Size: 41.18 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN, ID, KO, MS, PT, RU, ZH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Dong Truong Quang
Last updated: 20th November 2025 | Genre: Strategy, Board | Developer: Dong Truong Quang