Last updated on June 1st, 2023 at 03:25 pm
Mini Chess on Watch
Mini Chess on Watch is one of the best $0.99 to play game in the App Store.
Developed by Golmium Software Inc., Mini Chess on Watch is a Board game with a content rating of 4+.
It was released on 26th September 2019 with the latest update 10th November 2021
Whether you are a fan of Board, games, you will find this game interesting and will absolutely like it.
Rating
32 people have rated 2.0
You can download the game Mini Chess on Watch from APP STORE.
Description
Mini Chess is a simplified, modern variant of the classic Chess. Played on a 5 x 5 board, with fewer pieces (one rook, knight and bishop and 5 pawns), each game can be played in minutes. Castling and pawn double-move are not allowed. Players have the option to face off against AI with 3 levels of difficulty. The game combines the fun and convenience of other play-while-you-wait games with intellectual stimulation of real Chess and is also a great way to introduce kids to the basics of Chess. This fast paced game is a perfect take on the timeless classic for our fast paced world.
Updated on 10th November 2021
- General update for WatchOS v.8
- Enhancements in the AI of the game
- Swipe gesture for Undo
- Crown usage to scroll down for settings and help
- Haptic feedback (optionally) when attempting invalid moves
- A few other minor issues
Mini Chess on Watch Reviews
One of two things happen when we play this game. 1) we lose. Even the Novice setting is difficult with so little room to move around and only one of each back row piece. 2) It locks up. We’ve been stuck many times with every move we try being illegal. Ill keep playing and update our review if it gets any better, but overall its not as much fun as we were led to believe.
Not easier, Not harder than classical chess. But just as much fun! Idk what drugs this person is on but you cant even call this a completed game. You dont even play as black! You will get more enjoyment and satisfaction taking 2 $1 bills out of your wallet and ripping them instead of buying this scam. Im going to say scam cause thats what it is a scam. Idk how this was ever approved for the App Store but learn from our mistake and do not buy this scam. For people that have bought this, you can go through apples refund program and hopefully get your money back. Hopefully apple pursue some sort of action against these developers scamming people with completed apps.
The game was not working so we deleted it from our watch and now we cant get it back.
Its not a chessboard that you would expect, buy it on your own will.
Whats interesting is that its a completely different game when you cut it down to this size. Not easier. Not harder. Just as much fun, which surprised us.
We live being able to pull this up and run through a game in a minute. Even though the computer plays hard, it is possible to beat it.
Though the game is great at the start and deserves 5 stars, by a week later we can continually beat the game by performing the same 8 moves. At the start we thought the AI was reacting to our moves based on previous moves and at least somewhat looking forward. Instead the AI reacts to all moves the same way. This is how we realized the 8 moves that will always lead to a checkmate. 1) (W) Queen Pawn move forward (B) reacts with Bishop Pawn takes Queen Pawn 2) (W) Knight to Queen Pawns starting square (B) reacts with Rook Pawn forward 3) (W) King Pawn takes pawn (B) reacts with King Pawn takes pawn 4) (W) Bishop Pawn takes pawn (B) Knight Threatens Queen 5) (W) Knight Pawn takes Knight (B) Queen Pawn takes pawn 5) (W) Queen put King in check (B) King moves in front of Queen 6) (W) Knight puts King in check (B) Queen takes Knight 7) (W) Queen moves up in line with King (B) Checkmate If you want we can send you a video. Please make AI somewhat smarter and get 5 stars from us. (Edit) we didnt know that there was an expert level. We have now set it to expert to see what happens. We added a star now that we know this. We tried Intermediate and can beat the game using the same combination of moves. We will now move on to expert. We finally won in Expert mode. If youre willing to sacrifice important pieces you can in fact win. 5 stars. Ok Expert is tougher.
We love this game. Chess has always been so intimidating to us. This is much more approachable. We can confirm you can win pretty often. So the arxiv reference in the other review proves that starting first has the same advantage as not? Wasnt Gardners mini chess slightly different than this?
Nice game. Really tough to beat though. Gor the developer, is there any way to change this to an easier difficulty level?
This doesnt work on our watch. We have a 5.0 iWatch. Can we get our money back?
Mini Chess for Apple Watch is extremely fun and an incredible way to pass time. The only thing that was not great (and the reason for only a 4 star) is how difficult it is. If you have no prior experience with chess this is not the place to start. It took us almost 30 tries to win Novice mode. It is possible, so dont listen to reviews that say otherwise. You can also find ways to beat it off of YouTube, google, etc.
Impossible to beat even on the easiest difficulty. The game also always forces you to start which puts you at a disadvantage. It runs nicely on our watch but we have lost every single game we’ve played Update: (Added a star) Developer responded with proof that you can beat the game even if you start every time. It would be even better if the difference between the difficulties was even more substantial.
Have had to uninstall and reinstall this app multiple times to work around the app freezing up on our watch. Overall, not a terrible app, but very limited possibilities to move the pieces. We would not purchase this app if given the chance.
This game is so hard and we play chess at a very high level. We thought it was cool to have chess on our Apple Watch but we havent won a single game on Novice and Expert. Hopefully future updates make it more fun.
At first it was a great, challenging way to spend time. However, we soon noticed it would glitch and we wouldnt be able to make specific moves that would otherwise tip the game in our advantage. For example, our bishop wouldnt move in a certain diagonal direction when it should, or our pawn wouldnt move forward into an empty space. Its incredibly annoying. It also frequently freezes and we end up having to delete the app and redownload for it to work again.
Hi we’ve got our knight in the center of the board and it wont move anywhere. What gives?
We guess our fault. We wanted a full chess board and didnt realize its half the pieces. Our fault, signs are there. We just missed it. Mini chess takes everything we love about chess and throws it away. Sorry, this game is not for us.
The game becomes frustrating because you dont have as much room as regular chess.
This game has repeatedly declared a stalemate on the hardest setting when Im just about to win. Best avoided.
Played 6 games lost 6 games. Well game seems to be frozen and says our move and it wont let us move closed the game and reopen and still doesnt work. Even free is not worth getting this trash of application.
Our app is frozen; it says your move but is unresponsive. Deleted from watch to try to reinstall, but having trouble getting it back on now.