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Chess Prime 3D – Education Game Review
Chess Prime 3D is a Education/Board/Strategy game from Anton Vinokurov, first launched in 23rd May 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 60,277+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Chess Prime 3D Stand Out
Chess Prime 3D is one of the best designed 3D chess games for the iPad / iPhone. It provides learning support for novice players, a real challenge for the experienced players and fun. Swipe in any of four directions to view the board from any angle and play the chess game in 3D / 2D.
Chess Prime 3D supports both ‘one player’ and ‘two player’ game play, so you can play online with your friends or with millions of players around the world, or against a challenging computer opponent with adjustable difficulty level.
Master your chess skills by solving hundreds chess puzzles. You can use hints if you get stuck.
You can even edit the board and start the game from any predefined position. That allows you to test your skills in different game phases, common positions, solve chess puzzles, etc. Also you can save your game and then re-load it anytime you want.
If you are a novice player you may take advantage of the feature that shows all legal moves for the current piece.
-The full list of features:-
• Excellent 3D graphics, sound effects and music
• Configurable player names
• Option to change the piece’s and board color
• Option to play in 2D
• Great AI engine with a flexible difficulty level that suits both novice players and experts
• 200 ‘Mate in 2’ / ‘Mate in 3’ puzzles with stats, rewards and hints.
• LIVE CHESS – invite your friends and play online. Or just play with a random player. Three difficulty levels, four time control settings, rating system, statistics and more. Confirm your move before submitting. Communication options – In-Game Chat, Rematch, Undo Move, Offer Draw, Resign, Postpone Match.
• Versatile openings: Chess Prime AI engine plays like a human, not as a computer that always chooses the same move at the same position. It gives you an opportunity to play different famous openings to gain extensive experience in chess
• SETUP game: Start the game from any predefined position with any number of pieces
• UNDO function if you accidentally hit wrong piece or square. It works even if your king is checkmated
• REDO function if you missed the opponent’s move. Just press EYE button and Chess Prime will show you the last opponent’s move
• SAVE / LOAD feature gives you an opportunity to finish the game later or to play the chess puzzle which you can setup in the “Setup Game” module
• CENTER function to align the board to the center
• Option to show the LEGAL MOVES for current piece (very useful for novice players)
• Option to ROTATE the board in ‘two player’ mode
• Option to change the perspective angle, adjust the piece size, rotate knights
• Help button with instructions for En Passant capture / Castling (activated automatically)
• Option to limit ‘think time’ in ‘one player’ mode to 5, 15 or 30 seconds
• Option to switch on / off sound effects and / or music. You can also listen to own music.
• Automatically saves the current state of the game, so the game state would be automatically restored if you quit the application
• Universal app (supports iPad / iPod touch / iPhone)
If you love playing chess in portrait mode and in 2D, then download and try out our Chess Prime app!
Enjoy!
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Chess Prime 3D is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th May 2022
Recent improvements include:
- Bug fixes and UI improvements
Download & Availability
Chess Prime 3D is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Chess Prime 3D 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:
Sometimes it lets us win sometimes not but always there when we want to play.
The first time we saw this we were like oh our gosh this was a really cool game of chess.
This game is so amazing and calm and relaxing music calm our ears down.
Es un muy buen juego online de ajedrez, y as puedo jugar con mis amigos este donde est.
We like the custom chessboard and the custom pieces.
Very nice app. Adds-Free charge very reasonable. Wish they had a feature that track scores/progress.
Excellence in crafting this app.
So every time when we try to play the game, then the person text us in the game then we reply back, but heres the point we cant even get out from the typing screen so please can you work on that.
Thank you much for this game- Truly made our free time interesting and does stimulate our mind specially much more needed that Im retired.
We love this game it is so fun and we sometimes loose but we learn from those mistakes and keep trying already it is so good the only thing is theres ads but we mean its worth it if you really want to win we guess. So we rate this a 5/5 s because it is so fun.
This app is so easy for us to do and teaches us and our younger sister about how to play chess P.
Chicken wing chicken wing, hot dog bologna, chilling with our Homie This game is so fun. This game would be rated five stars if we were you.
All they need is the community that Chess.com has and this would be the best chess app.
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A glitch update For everything For future For everyone.
Easy, Fun and helped us a lot. 5star.
We recently started using Classic chess 3d and we couldnt be more impressed with its functionality and user-friendly interface. The app has made a significant impact on our daily routine, streamlining tasks and providing valuable insights. The developers have clearly put a great deal of thought and effort into creating a top-notch app that caters to its users needs. Classic chess 3d has quickly become one of our favorite apps, thanks to its sleek design and powerful features. The apps versatility allows us to stay organized, informed, and connected, all from the convenience of our mobile device. We appreciate the attention to detail and dedication to user satisfaction that the developers have put into Classic chess 3d. Its truly a game-changer and a must-have app for anyone looking to improve their overall digital experience. We highly recommend Classic chess 3d for anyone looking to simplify their life and increase productivity.
Would be better if the computer didnt waste competitors time.
Can you add the option – are you sure that you wish to delete this game? Thanks.
This game is very good. It gives you smooth graphics and the game gives you chances to win. It is not to easy but not to hard to beat the computer but multiplayer is great.
Ive been on the hunt for a smooth and challenging chess app that is direct and straight to the point. We love this app.
We were looking for a chess game that had a 3D layout and one we can invite our online friends to play. It also has the option to turn the game into a 2D layout as well, if you prefer. You can message back and forth while in the game. You can play the computer and raise your difficulty to continue to get better. Also, its worth buying the game for a few dollars to keep from add.la great 5 out of 5.
Excellent app! Best chess app Ive ever used.
Im having so much fun with the good app good gob.
Best game EVER BUY NOW BEFORE IT EXPIRES AT 4/16/28.
The chess application is one of the best Ive known.The only objection we d like to report is that the pop up advertising freeze the screen while one tries to access the chess application.
Enjoy that can start a game and save it for later.
Its our turn on the board, we go to move our bishop and it doesnt move. Ive been playing chess for a total of 3 YEARS.we understand chess but not letting us move the bishop vertically is wrong. There was a space, And the ai wouldnt allow it. We got a checkmate, Time was 2 minutes, STALEMATED. You developers better fix this because if you keep this up, less people will buy this CHESS 3D game. We dont care if Thats how chess is or The ai isnt wrong FIX IT.
We watch our opponents timer tick away as we wait and wait for the person to make a move when they actually do move we lose! Seems as though they are able to switch timers even though our timer remains still. It always happen when Im a couple of moves or less from checkmate. To be fair it doesnt happen all the time but their are a number of people using this cheat code in order to win which is unfortunate because its a good app.
Good graphics and great game play.
Chess is a universal game played all over in world, game of intelligence, tactics, strategies rules & smartness, one who play a chess will be never against of Royals, and understood the brain of Royals and their win & loss of battles in real life its the Game of opportunity also. Only play & practice makes you skill in games of chess.
We think it is the best game ever.
This app is not a good app to play chess.
Yes we love most of the aspects of the game although Im not able to see our rankings. Wish there was such a feature.
This has got to be one of the most comprehensive games that there is to where you can move the board around 3-D to 2D you can even set up your own game and play the way that you want set up men the way that you want and then solve a puzzle. You can also change the colors of your playing pieces and add as many pieces as you want on the board to make situations that you can solve. A very good program.
The overall game is great but there are two bugs we see:wen im playing the game says its our opponents turn but on their side its our turn we know how to deal with it but thats something that could improve gameplay also we know moves that would work but the game forbids our piece from moving where we know it should be able to go.
So far the game is great and the graphic is great.
As a suggestion, it would be good to watch other players play . It is a wonderful app!,.
We recommend buying the game for maximum enjoyment.
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We always wanted to have a customizable board and there is one in this game :).
Waiting for your opponent time, then game ends that was your time. Inconsistent.
We played chess for a better part of 40 years. This is the first online game that Ive ever purchased for our iPhone. We looked at three or four different games, splash, chess games and we found this one in 2D to be user-friendly. We give it a two thumbs up.
The game interface is really good.
Started playing chess at age 10. Stopped playing after high school. This is a great tool for those who stopped playing and want a refresher course with levels and teaching included. We played with chess club members during lunch in high school, was not a member of the club, loved chess so much spent our lunch period doing just that.
This is the chess app youve been looking for. Just click the player vs globe symbol and make sure youre connected to the internet. Then select active game and it will prompt you to select the person you want to play chess with from your contacts. Your friend will get a notification that you want to play chess. They accept and your playing chess with your friends all over the world. Awesome.
We have used many chess programs. This one we believe is outstanding for a beginner, novice and experienced.
The game is so much fun and competitive.
Although we always lose, we have fun playing this game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.5.9
- Size: 61.41 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN, RU
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Anton Vinokurov
Last updated: 9th May 2022 | Genre: Education, Board | Developer: Anton Vinokurov