About this app
Chess Premium — The Chess Game Your iPhone Deserves No ads. No internet required. Just chess, beautifully designed for your iPhone and iPad. Whether you're picking up chess for the first time or looking for a worthy opponent at 2am, Chess Premium delivers. Play against a sophisticated AI with adjustable difficulty — from patient teacher to ruthless opponent — or hand the phone to a friend for a classic two-player match. What makes it Premium: • Stunning visuals built for Retina displays — not ported from another era • AI engine that actually challenges you, with difficulty levels that grow with your game • Offline play, always available — no Wi-Fi, no account, no nonsense • Auto-saves instantly when you take a call or switch apps • Undo support, configurable player names, and full score tracking No subscriptions. No ads. Buy once, play forever. Download Chess Premium and play your first game in seconds. ———— Love classic games? Optime makes a full suite of board and card games — including Backgammon Pro, Checkers Premium, and Sudoku. Search ""Optime Software"" to see them all.
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What’s New
• Chess Premium is now universal — fully native on both iPhone and iPad • Fixed an issue where the engine could incorrectly declare or miss checkmate • Fixed a bug that caused phantom pieces to appear or pieces to vanish mid-game — if you still experience this, please email support@optimesoftware.com (a short video helps enormously) • Removed debug output from the chess engine, so it thinks faster and uses less battery • Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause a crash after undo
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- First observed Oct 8, 2026 · 7:02 PM $9.99
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