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Real Chess Online – Strategy Game Review
Real Chess Online is a Strategy/Board game from Vladimir Fadeev, first launched in 8th April 2014.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 452+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Real Chess Online Stand Out
This app brings classic chess game into new dimension. With advanced 3D graphics you can feel all beauty of interacting with virtual chess set. Choose to play with AI or with real opponents.
Game Features:
- Advanced 3D graphics;
- Analysis using one of the strongest chess AI.
- AI assistance will help you to learn best strategy.
- Online gameplay. More than 10 million registered users worldwide.
- Matchmaking feature;
- Chat with opponents while playing online;
- AI with 2400 levels of difficulty;
- Hints for beginners – highlighting of possible moves;
- Different themes of chess set;
- 3D and 2D board variants;
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Real Chess Online is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th September 2023
Recent improvements include:
Added advanced computer analysis for all completed games.
Various improvements and bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Real Chess Online is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Real Chess Online 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:
Absolutely the best chess app, hands down.
Its of the best chess Game apps out there. In our Top five for sure.
Fire game well made real time moves awesome.
This is the best chess app ai have used. Much better than Chess Royal. This app does not panelize the player if the opponent causes the game to freeze over connectivity issues. The option to face international players is awesome, and we love the rating system based on wins. All players get exposure to country flags bringing an educational benefit from a geographical perspective. Splendid game app! This app continues to provide entertainment! Competitive matches, and multiple option to the user.
Been having it for a while and it helps up our game.
How do we get rid of the commercials.
But we have to close out the app an open it back up to play because the add pops up before the game, the game starts, and your stuck on the add and your time is running out because of said ad.
Area of Opportunity . . . Reduce the number of ads please too many.
We truly enjoy this app, however the sped up removes the enjoyment of endgame strategies. We would appreciate if that was an option to choose. Thank you for your time.
The game itself is great competition is good.Only downside to the game is the amount of time you lose on the advertisements before the game starts.Which can really dictate whether you win or lose starting with such a disadvantage.
Why are the chess pieces hard to make out? Why does the game board look dim? Makes it hard to concentrate on a strategy.
There are too many ads that take too long and dont give you the option to bypass them until the game you were attempting to play is over.
The app is set up well. Love the way the board is viewed. But there is absolutely we need for multiple ads, every time you want to play. Especially not when youre exiting a game, going back to the main screen. We love the game.dont change it. Fix the issue about the ads. Its ridiculous. Christopher Anderson.
First game we came across and ads are ran frequently. Literally every single game a 30+ sec ad runs. Ive only had this app for a few hours. Already ready to uninstall.
Need to fix lots of glitches, it get frozen lots of times, waited for so long to get the white clock to move but it wouldnt, but once you get out, you loose the game.
Fix the ads, theyre eating into our clock. When o challenge or accept a challenge we get an ad that last about 20 to 30 secs. While the ad is playing the games clock is also going which eats we our time. Its important because we play 1 min games. Need to fix to get 5 stars from us.
These ads took our play time in game, we suggest you to freeze gameplay during Ad. Other wise opponent has the advantage of ad & we waste our 15 seconds watching ad.
Use to be the best chess app. Now you get hit with ads that you cant exit out of and have to wait for only to have the time waiting for the ad to be taken off your game timer. So a 25 second ad to start match takes you from a 5:00 timer down to a 4:35 min. Annoying to say the least.
We were playing in android. Thank you for creating the game in iphone. However there are many players in android but in iphone there are few. Do marketing and get many people.
Great players out there to play with while grabbing a beer or a simple snack.
$3 a month pay option would be phenomenal to bypass ads. Best online chess game available. 3D graphics are great.
Like chess? Would like to learn chess? Think you good at chess? This is it… Best online chess game in the market.
We love this game learned how to play on here very time consuming.
Would be good but far too many ads and they are to long, no way to purchase the game to avoid watching. It has become so tedious that we choose to deliberately NOT try the games which advertise here out of sheer principle, even if they looking interesting and something we might like otherwise.
Great game! You ruined it! When you touch it you you have to move!! No second chance.
How when you win, you get 7 points, but lose the winner takes 14 points from you? Yall math is not mathing.
We do not at all like how it uses the word resign if you have to start over.
On iPhone: Does not work with Cellular data (only wifi). Only works in landscape mode. Does not rotate when you rotate the screen.
The advertisement will now let you play the game on time. You have to wait 1 minute plus for the advertisement and the game only gives you a minute. This game really is like an advertisement scam.
These ads are SSOO LONG that when Theyre done our timer to move has expired & Ive lost like 15 games because of this . Im literally about to delete this app after supporting it for 3+ years.
Move timer reaches zero and we lose our first game.
Long drags out adds and not appropriate half naked naked pictures in a spare.
It takes too long to play between games because it plays too many commercials . They play for a very long time and its hard to click on them to make them go away. Takes nearly 1 to 2 minutes between games because of advertisements.
Why does it give us only 1 minute to play a whole game of chess. We select 15 min and it only gives 1min.
Good program. Would be nice if it changed orientation when one changed phone direction.
Very good game online play is very competitive, makes us have a better understanding of the game of chess helps us take our game to another level.
Been having an we phone for two years now and Ive really missed this app; it wasnt compatible. Im so glad yall fixed the online problem.
Our problem is whenever network is bad it automatically gives point to the opponent. You need to fix that.
All in all to us the best P v P chess on this platform. Board could be a bit bigger where pieces arent so jumbled, fairly easy to miss a move with the way it is.
We recommend adding battle animation and color palletes and different boards.
But the boards are too dark which makes it hard to see.
Amazing app beautiful graphics.
It's a good app. Unfortunately, it is one of these cheap ones desperately displaying ads all the time. Don't waste your time.
Great animation, but doesn't let players win games. Useless, unfortunately.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.52
- Size: 137.44 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Developer: Vladimir Fadeev
Last updated: 19th September 2023 | Genre: Strategy, Board | Developer: Vladimir Fadeev