Description

With 8x8 Chess - Classic & Variants you can play both Classic Chess and chess variants.
You can create your board setup with an expanded set of chess pieces. All board presets can also be combined with a random generator.
Play the classic game of chess or discover a modern strategic world of chess variants.

This special chess engine plays not like a soulless machine, but as a strong friend that you cannot miss no more.

Are you up to the challenge?

Features:
- Two new strategic chess pieces: Marshall (rook + knight) and Cardinal (bishop + knight)
- High-resolution Retina graphics, optimized for iPad 4/Air/Mini retina
- 8x8 Chess is suitable for both beginners and club players
- Infinitely adjustable playing strength
- 1 player mode against computer, 2 human player mode (same iOS device)
- special 8x8 Medos chess engine by Helmut Elit that plays more like a strong human player than a machine
- Full support of standard features such as castling, en passant, repetition of moves
- CPU analysis, deep analysis, calculation of alternative turns for a wide variety of games
- adjustable CPU controlled behavior, continuously from defensive to aggressive
- Undo moves, scrolling through all previous turns in both directions
- automatic fast saves
- Presets: Classic, Ama Chess (Cardinal), Roho Chess (Marshal), Manual board setup, Randomize
- Random generator with high replay value to generate random board setups
- Game manager with 8 places to save other 10x8 variants by default
- Manual board setup with full control including castling
- Help system
- Animated suggested move
- Move list with detailed algebraic notation
- Legal possible moves are displayed when touching a chess piece
- iTunes savegame sharing
- Have a look at our high strategic 10x8 chess: trailer, tutorial (german) http://youtu.be/Kd5Icn3z11E
- requirements: iOS7 or better, iPad 2/3/4/Air/mini/mini 2
- iOS8 ready!

- No advertising, no in-app purchases, no restrictions

Discover a new world of chess you've never seen before!

Price drop for a short time!