Chess Premium HD
Step into the gaming world with Chess Premium HD, one of the top $1.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Optime Software LLC, this captivating Entertainment game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 4+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 12th July 2010, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 9th December 2021.
Whether you have a liking for Entertainment, Board, or Strategy games, Chess Premium HD is sure to keep you hooked!
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Are you tired of playing chess games that look like they were designed for a Commodore 64 instead of an iPad? We’ve got the antidote for you. Chess Premium HD is the best looking chess game for the iPad.
Chess Premium HD supports both 1 player and 2 player gameplay, so you can play against friends or test your skills against a challenging computer opponent.
Chess Premium HD includes a host of exciting features, including:
- Great graphics and exciting sound effects
- Configurable player names and score tracking
- Outstanding AI engine with configurable difficulty level
- Undo function if you accidentally hit the wrong square
- Automatically saves your game when you exit the application
If you’re looking for a killer chess application for your iPad, check out Chess Premium HD today!
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Chess Premium HD on 9th December 2021:
- Fixed issue that was causing app to crash on launch
- Minor bug fixes
Hear from the Players – Chess Premium HD Reviews
Find out what gamers are saying about Chess Premium HD:
Even when clicked inoptions, the screen will not rotate. This is true of both iPad and iPhone.
Beautifully displayed. Good options. Relaxing music. Chess clocks are an option if one chooses timed play.
The game does not recognize a draw by insufficient force. If one side has only a bishop and king and the other only a king, the game only declares a draw after 50 moves. We would prefer if it kept track of wins and losses.
Game will often crash immediately upon opening and continue to do son until the device is rebooted. Not worth the money.
Thot this would teach us how to play.
We’ve just bought this and it wont open. Id like a refund.
This app wont even run on our 2021 iPad Pro 11.
Unfortunately the app crashes regularly on the new iPad10/26/2021.
We have used this app for years but recently it will disconnect when we try to enter the game. It used to work well now, all we get is music while looking at the opening screen.
Great game but wish it would play in landscape mode on ipad.
Got it for free. We dunno how but we did. Decent game.
We love this app but you have to purchase this app separately for the iPad and iPhone and it not worth it even worse the computer version takes so slow for it to move the pieces.
We played against the engine. Game was going alright- challenging enough for us. But suddenly When it was the engines turn to play, our night disappeared. We found it strange. So we hit undo and made the same move again. It just keeps disappearing. Zugswang.
It drains 50% to 70% of the iOS battery usage on iPhone and iPad. It also often cheats to win. Magically Adds pieces to its side or deletes pieces from your side.
It is pretty good. The response time is very fast and it appears to have well debugged software. However, we did came across some bugs, where it randomly quits (I have seen this happen several times, specially when it is in a lost position and in most cases we have reported the problem). Also many times it would not allow you make a very legitimate move. At that point in time you have to start a new game.
If you enjoy a good game of chess, this version will fill the bill!
We’re not an expert player. I’d call myself a middle level player. For us this program offers enough challenge to maintain our interest and it is on our iPad! The graphics are good and for the price it is hard to beat. We have not experienced any of the bugs some have mentioned. The only minor bug is that occasionally a series of games is lost and the game counter starts over. We’ve never had a problem during a game.
This is one of our go to chess apps. It’s easy to use with good game play. We highly recommend it for casual chess players who don’t need lots of bells and whistles.
Apps crash often, and pieces disappear in the middle of winning game.
We love it. It works great on our iPad2. It’s easy to learn from, since you have an "undo" feature. Looks good too.
We love chess, even most of the times we only play with our computer. It helps us to develop our knowledge with every situation on our living.
An excellent way to practice and improve our game.
This is our favorite chess program because it is easy to dial in the degree of difficulty.
We really like this version in general. But we really dislike the flashy sign at the end of the game. We also wish we could not lose the total game count at random intervals, often when our iPad charges. We really like the board and the ability to turn off the irritating music.
Good chess game but we have a few suggestions to make it great! 1) Change the difficulty slider to, say six discrete levels of difficulty. If you set the slider too high, you can’t easily go back to exactly the level you were at previously. 2) The win-loss counter randomly resets itself. Let us decide when we want to reset the counter, not the game. It would also be a good idea to show the win-loss at each difficulty level (see suggestion 1)
The program has nice features and plays easily. At its higher levels of play, it tends to go for locked pawn structures and drawish positions. The strength settings could be a bit more finely grained; the play is either super-weak or quite strong with not so much middle ground. All in all, though, it gives an enjoyable experience.
We think this is a nice chess program, it’s simple, sound effects are soft and fitting, the music is calming but could get annoying to some and that’s no problem because sound can be muted. We find two things that we think could use improvement; The AI of the computer opponent and stalemates. The comp is a 10×10^ grandmaster at just 50% difficulty, it’s as if it literally sees every move and then thinks 100 turns ahead for every possible out come.. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, sort of. Turning the AI down to far can cause it to make moves that even a first grader probably wouldn’t make. So it can be tough to find the difficulty that’s "just right". The AI we is forgivable because you can play a human, but what we find infinitely frustrating is the conditions in which the game declares a stalemate… Honestly we don’t think it should ever be calling a stalemate for the player. Let a human decide when it’s time to call a stalemate through the menu button, otherwise it can be very frustrating to be stopped in the middle of a match that may be quite enjoyable and most certainly is not a stalemate. There were certainly legal moves to be made in many of the matches that this premature call was made in, which is very disappointing when it happens.
We have experienced lockups and crashes.
Love the app but the game board does not rotate.
Does not display captures. No features.
We paid the fee to buy the upgraded version of chess without the ads since the free version was ok. Unfortunately, the paid version plays slower and has several bugs; at times the computer playing side will "cheat" e.g. Move a pawn horizontally (like a rook) or advance (4) spaces forward at a time, at which point the game is over because it will keep trying to do the same crazy move again even if you hit "undo". It gets worse, towards the endgame, pieces will freeze movement or even disappear for no reason. Last, when it is advancing a pawn towards being promoted, it will give it the move powers of the queen before it even reaches the final row … This can’t be undone, ending the game. If you try to speed the game up, the computer just plays poorly, making dumb moves. Not a completely horrible app, but not more than 1 star.
Wants to keep restarting and resets to new game all the time can not play multi times before it resets and very slow not happy with it.
After about a month of teaching and playing our children, they are beating us. Yes, we’re no master, but this is a great game and a well done app. The game won’t allow a player to move to a place where you would be in "Check." we would recommend the purchase, especially since the children would inevitably touch the commercial tab and delay the game until it is cancelled.
Works great! From easy to beat to super challenging this chess program is well designed and functional for all skill levels. Great for teaching our son chess. He can play on his own now :)
Enjoy playing. We would like to see more themes.
Really great gradual difficulty changes–from very basic to expert. It really makes a difference.
Although we have a blast playing chess with our seven-year-old grandson, he loves to play chess more than we do. This app is proving to be very helpful as he can play chess anytime without always having to be dependent on having a partner. The game is well designed and easy to use :-).
By moving a slider bar you adjust the strength or ability of your opponent in single play mode. This is VERY sensitive and you can play to your ability once set. As a casual player we enjoy having a chance to win as well as knowing that as we get better the game remains competitive with our abilities. Play is fast and smooth. Does not display taken pieces but allows en passant and correct play. Excellent value.
Nicely designed. Easy to use. Allows for varying skill levels. We would buy it again.
Good app, one & two player options, very good AI, nice interface. No gripes at all.
We enjoy the challenge this game give us. We would recommend this game to all our friends. Once you play you’re hooked.
We enjoy this game immensely. It can be adjusted to a pro level and our level of play. Looks good, too!
We have tried several chess apps and this is our favorite.
Excellent app, easy to use and simulates a real chessboard very nicely.
We enjoy this app to the max because when we want to challenge each other to see who is the best at chess. We can take it anywhere and its dynamics is like no other game. Saves thinking, moving, and the keeping-time effort which gives time to just think about our next move! Excellent App.