MateInN - Chess Puzzle for Android
Good Update
I got a few puzzles twice before going thru all of them. Also I found a mate in two that had an incorrect solution. There needs to be a way to report these puzzles.
I like the app somewhat, it provides a good way of training. But there are many incorrect solutions, and you are not always credited for correct alternatives. I have checked out some Mate in 7: In fact at least two of them are Mate in 6 according to strong engines. It is even errors in at least three of the Mate in 2, which turn out to be respectively Mate in 4 and Mate in 6.
But I can't login with Google(
You have to pay to get anything other than mate in 1 puzzles. Not a bad UI, but other apps do it better and are free.
Nice
In some puzzles the pieces are displayed improperly, for instance it displayed a white pawn on D5 and a black pawn on C5. I thought the puzzle was unsolvable until I selected the white pawn. It had the option to go to C4 for some reason. I moved it, solving the puzzle and the black pawn on C5 disappeared. In other puzzles, there are multiple ways to checkmate. I have constantly lost points because I checkmated "the wrong way" Its rediculous and needs to be fixed.
The good: I love the score feature and progress chart it gives you the motivation to try and get better as well as being a great way of to track your progress. The leaderboards are also useful as it adds an element of competition. The bad: some moves you make work perfectly fine for checkmate but it marks you wrong
Board is not displayed. Menu and other things are visible, board is not.
Good for chess beginners
Similar in style to its sister apps Tactics trainer and Endgame trainer.
by R####:
I thought that I could like the app somewhat, and that it could provide a good way of training. But there are many incorrect solutions, and you are not always credited for correct (or better) alternatives. To prove my statements, I have thoroughly checked out some Mate in 7: In fact at least two of them are Mate in 6 according to strong engines. There are even errors in at least three of the Mate in 2, which turn out to be respectively Mate in 4 and Mate in 6. Also you lose all your history and favorites when changing devices, but you keep your Leaderbord/Achievement on net. You don't have any Analyze feature, and you can't upload PGN's. There are other mating apps out there, which are very good, so it is a waste of time to train with this app!