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Chess Duel app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 784 ratings )
Games Entertainment Board Strategy
Developer: Lothar Heinrich
Free
Current version: 1.5, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 18 Aug 2014
App size: 3.04 Mb

Play chess with nearby friends via local WiFi.

Play with your iPhone against a friend with an iPhone. Each player is seeing the board from his point of view (white / black) on the own device. Works on iPhone, iPad and iPod.

To use the app, you need two devices with iOS 9.3 or newer. There is no engine included, which means that you can not play chess vs. this app. When you start chess duel on two devices, the devices do connect automatically. If WiFi is activated and the devices are nearby or they are on the same WiFi network. You dont need an account.
Connection over the internet is not possible.

Features

- play chess with nearby friends
- direct nearby peer to peer connection via WiFi or WiFi network, no chess server involved
- automatically connects via wifi
- you can safely close the app during a game, chess duel automatically resumes the game when reconnected
- on interruption due to a phone call or an incoming message, the game is paused on both devices and resumes when you get back to the app
- shows legal moves when you tap a chess piece
- does not use gamecenter
- no internet connection required
- time control: you can setup the chess clock arbitrary for white and black, increment is supported as well
- request takebacks, the opponent can accept or decline
- give opponent additional time
- universal app: iPhone / iPod / iPad
- best chess app for nearby connections


documentation:
snugdev.de/chessduel/documentation.html