Chess – tChess Pro

Last updated on June 8th, 2023 at 01:10 pm

Chess – tChess Pro

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Chess – tChess Pro is one of the best $7.99 to play game in the App Store.
Developed by Tom Kerrigan, Chess – tChess Pro is a Board game with a content rating of 4+.
It was released on 5th November 2008 with the latest update 3rd July 2022

Whether you are a fan of Board, Entertainment, or Strategy games, you will find this game interesting and will absolutely like it.

Rating

221 people have rated 2.0.0

You can download the game Chess – tChess Pro from APP STORE.

Description

tChess Pro is the high-quality, critically acclaimed chess game with the richest features for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It’s perfect for every player:

Beginners:
Not everybody is a chess master! Most chess games are too strong or just make random mistakes at easier levels. tChess Pro has unique algorithms to simulate human opponents.

Experts:
tChess Pro has a top-tier chess engine. (Over 380 ELO points stronger than Caissa Chess.)

Enthusiasts:
tChess Pro’s Analysis Mode is like having a chess master in your pocket. You can get the engine’s "expert opinion" about any game or position in real-time: which side is winning, and the best sequence of moves. Just like a professional desktop chess package.

More key features:

  • Perfect for 1- or 2-player games
  • Strong computer opponent
  • Play against any ELO rating from 500 to 2500
  • Integrated "Learn Chess" e-book app (Apple Staff Favorite!)
  • Opening Library feature lets you explore chess opening theory as you play
  • PGN Database feature lets you download and view PGN files
  • Support for 3-stage time controls with Fischer increments
  • Position Editor to enter positions from books, newspapers, etc.
  • Save and load games; export them in standard PGN format
  • Use the Profile feature to play rated games against the computer and track your progress

tChess Pro is developed by Tom Kerrigan, author of the TSCP and Stobor chess engines.

Updated on 3rd July 2022

  • Added a button to rotate the board in the Analyze Game feature
  • Added the ability to review your opponent’s last move if he requests a takeback
  • Added a "Saved Time Controls" feature
  • Added a setting to control the sound volume (in the Interface tab)

Chess – tChess Pro Reviews

We have been using this app for several years and have been very satisfied with it. All of our important games are stored in the app and we constantly am looking up games – usually to share with someone. We use the game analysis feature a lot when we want a quick analysis of a game. We would recommend this app to anyone.


Provides several responses to the same strategy and is constantly challenging and povides levels that are way beyond our ability. Helps keep us sharp.


This game is really wonderful! We wish it was available on the Mac so we could play it on a larger screen! Thanks for a swell game! The only thing that we dont like is that it is too easy to get a draw. We also wish there was a way to graph our rating. We play everyday to help our brain wake up. We hope that tChess Pro gets ported to Big Sur soon! SupperDAD.


We have been using/playing two games a day for 10 yrs on iphone/ipad! That says alot!! We love tchess!!


If we want to play chess in 3-D, t-Chess is the clear champion! Its Interfaces appearance is equal to any other (and we have 9 chess apps on our iPad). Second great feature is its Rated Game mode, ACCURATE and we find myself playing as hard against t-Chess Pro as against any human opponent. Its After Game graph is a big plus as it highlights shifts of fortune during a game and allows you return to those key positions for further analysis. No other chess app has an interface as elegant and clear to the player, and modifiable. With 9 chess playing apps, t-Chess Pro is used about 1/3 of the time. The Rated Game feature with 3-D play draws us back.


We are a mid range player, rated about 800. We find this chess game extremely helpful in improving our skills. The replay feature is wonderful And most helpful. Highly recommend this app. JP.


If youve ever played chess against your processor (CPU) you know how hard it is to gain the edge against your opponent. But this well thought out chess app (one of the best that we’ve ever seen ) makes it all challenging, fun and easy. It is seamless. And you can save games for future reference. Keep up the good work t chess Pro in your updates. As we said, one of the best games! Period!


How much we like this app depends greatly on whether we win or lose!?


It took us 64 years to become interested in learning chess. After researching available apps we chose this tChess Pro, and Im happy we did. We knew absolutely nothing about the game, but within an hour or so we were playing beginner matches against the app. Theres a great tutorial section that explains the pieces and how theyre moved (I took lots of notes which we refer to while playing). We’ve played close to two dozen games and am hooked. We’ve actually beaten the app several times ( it must know its playing a newbie). The bottom line- great app, great game…. And it only took 64 years!


This is the best Chess app we’ve found so far. Lots of great features and updated and supported. Also, Pro version is very reasonably priced. Love it!


Best qualities: ease of use and quick.


This app has been our friend for years playing games on the subway. We just started studying and this has been a powerful tool to practice. You can even set up a problem and play it out. We like to record our in person games on it to play back like a movie at the end of the game and to see what could have happened if other moves were made.


Most chess programs have major issues with how the difficulty scales. You can select beginner and itll sac its queen turn 2 and you figure ok thats a bit too beginner and so you select medium and it plays like Karlsons better grandpa. Then you play a few games and it varies wildly in ability at the same setting. This game was once that way years ago but seems to have leveled off and become very good in that regard. Enjoyable and well worth the download.


This game is really wonderful! We wish it was available on the Mac so we could play it on a larger screen! Thanks for a swell game! The only thing that we dont like is that it is too easy to get a draw. We also wish there was a way to graph our rating. We play everyday to help our brain wake up. We hope that tChess Pro gets ported to Big Sur soon! SupperDAD.


We’ve had this app for years now and it is still the best chess app we have come across. It still receives regular updates and we’ve not had to worry about any ads, data collection, or additional purchases for the pro version. Great work, Tom!


We have been using tchess pro for about 9 yrs, and it makes us a stronger player. We love the app!


We dont know how this app could be better. The graphics are solid, its totally challenging, the developer keeps it updated … We’ve been playing it for years and have no complaints. Highly recommended!


Game is awesome, but it crashes waaaay too often. Esp after new ios update. Pls fix.


We’ve been using this app for 10 years or so. The computer ratings are definitely off in this game. The computer plays a lot stronger then the given rating – our guess is probably 300-400 rating points stronger. Wish the developers would fix this.


We havent played in years and of course, that Netflix show sucked us back in. We ordered a real set to teach our wife but we wanted an app for myself to play on our iPad. This seems to be a solid app with some good options and no subscription or in app purchases. We’ve quickly beat the computer a number of times in the dunce setting and really like the 3D model. Well worth the bucks so far.


We love this chess App. We have already years and still love it!


Amazing app… Learning the game more and more.


This is probably the best chess app in the App Store. We appreciate how the developer maintains it frequently and has added support for game center and other features. We also like looking at and studying the database of famous matches.


Love how the rated game system works. Play against engine that scales, analyze losses. Nice design.


We love this app! It’s intuitive, has lot’s of options, and is robust (doesn’t freeze, crash, etc). And, it’s playing strength is sufficient for various tasks scenarios. Nitpick: Please CHANGE THE PIC on the app! It shows a BLACK SQUARE in WHITE’S right hand corner!


Get the free chess app that works way better than this paid chess app. The $7.99 is not a lot of money for us. However, this app only have 2500 ELO. It says 3800 ELO thats why we purchased. The app we have beat it easily. Im the free small fish that has 3300 ELO. We just install it but we are going to delete it. Its useless. Improve it to 3800 per your description. Then we will purchase it even for $28. For now, we want our $7.99 refunded. BTW it takes time to think despite we set it for zero 0 time please fix it.


Wonderful chess app. Great features. We highly recommend it.


We used to play this game nightly, but after a recent update the screen background is so bright that it is no longer relaxing. We havent played in weeks and now Im looking for another game.


Its like having a coach and chess engine with you around the clock. T-Pro took our chess game to another level. Thanks, to Tom and Apple for a great product.


We’ve been using this app for quite a while. Cant even remember when we initially bought it. Even though we frequently try out some of the newer/different apps, we keep coming back to this one as our main chess app. We really like the clean, uncluttered look. Just an excellent rendered chess board (with many different style choices if desired) and an easy to use set of powerful features. Also, superb customer support. We recently noticed a small bug and notified the developer via email. He had it fixed and an update on the app store the next day which, considering the App stores normal turnaround time is a superhuman effort.


We had loads of chess apps and this is our favorite, so we started deleting all the others. Its our main go to chess app!


Always a great challenge and trains you to be more strategic, to consider consequences more clearly and to always think ahead.


Just add some puzzles to it and it would be good.


We like this app. Its the best we have ever played.


We have all the chess apps and this one is the best. It provides the most flexibility and allows the import of masters games. Please keep updating it because it is our favorite Ipad app.


After trying MANY of the chess programs (a research project) in the App Store, we find that by all measures tChess Pro is the very best.


Challenging (at least for me), elegantly, logically, and beautifully designed, and easy, intuitive, and fun to use. Comes with a wealth of educational resources and reference materials. Lots of fun!


Whats up with this new update….. No more real time games???? Bring back real time play…… Update….. Emailed the app creator and got immediate response…. Awesome, working now…. Totally recommend this app.


Thanks for having this game, we really enjoy it.


Fun and challenging. From beginners to masters a great play!


We have found this App very useful to play and learn new strategies in chess. The app is very stable and has never crashed. Few of the Benefits: – hint mode – play with computer or others – easy to use interface – Set the level of computer Worth it!!


As a chess beginner, we find the ranked playing to be very engaging. Im just good enough to not appreciate the almost random playing other apps put up at low levels, and not good enough to compete at levels just above. TChess has a much smoother power curve, which keeps things exciting.


For something running on an iPhone/Pad, we think this is amazing! Great features and strong play, good online as well. Im enjoying it daily and having a lot of fun with it. We are definitely a fan!


This is by FAR the best chess app out there. The features, including game rating, in-depth game analysis (including retrospective hints on past moves to analyze your game), online play, messaging options, etc. Are unsurpassed. Highly recommended! -Ryan.


First off, this game is amazing if you play chess competitively and take notation. You can analyze your games and find what the best moves were in each situation. One of our few complaints is that it just says which move is best and by how much, but not why. Amazing chess app for people who have a rating and are looking to improve. If u just play chess for fun, than we wouldnt really bother getting this app.


We think more people would write 5 star reviews but they are having too much fun playing to stop. We really had to force a pause to write this. This app is flawless as far as single player goes. We only played once online and we didnt have any issues. This has really improved our game. Have been using this app for at least 7 years.


We’ve played chess for over three decades. This is a great app to develop our skills and have a great time doing it. We Strongly recommend it.


This program has multiple levels and hasslefree software making it the perfect Chess tutor for us. It has many options and seems very well thought out. We want to thank the developer for providing this application and when the time comes we will purchase it. We recommend it to our friends whenever the opportunity presents itself.


In the Army in Alaska in the late 50s, we learned and played a ton of chess and got pretty good at it. Since then, however, life interfered with pleasure, and we have played little to none since. Retired now, Id like to return to the game but am astonished at how much we have forgotten about it. After trying several apps, we have settled on this one as the pick of the litter. One can turn the clock on and off and adjust the computers skill level (I took it down to the bottom and am working our way back up). The one small difficulty we had was resolved overnight by Mr. Kerrigan, and we are greatly enjoying the game again.


Great game. NO criticisms to offer.

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