Chess With Friends Free for Android
Over all solid, it could use a few changes.... For instance, I can see my ranking, but it doesn't tell me out of how many players. Also, options for different board styles would be nice. But overall I enjoy it more than most chess apps
This app forced me Into accepting a draw due to repetition when only my opponents moves were repeated. Mine were not and each resulted in a new position. It was in the endgame and I was moving my king up to support a checkmate. I was given the option to accept a draw or cancel my move and no option to refuse the draw. This was certainly not a case of threefold repetition and a chess app that doesn't understand the rules of chess is useless.
The ads are long, and often include audio which is both disrupting and pauses whatever other app you have running. Playing the AI Chesster is horrible! It takes anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 days for him to make a move. What kind of "robot" takes two days or more!
I like playing, but I feel it could be a better app. When I try to push the game I'm wanting to make a play on, I usually have to hit it multiple times before it opens that game. The home screen is also busy with a lot of stuff that I don't need when only playing people I know. I'm not interested in playing a bunch of random people. Can we move all that stuff closer to the bottom of the home page??
I love that I can connect with my friends and play with anyone if my friends are busy. We can private chat during and it shows me their last move and everything!! This is definitely a five star game! The only thing that could make it better would be like.. themes. Like changing the way the pieces look. Something like that. But it wouldn't be an improvement, just a bonus :)
Usability is great if you just want to have matches against friends or random strangers. Doesn't do much for instruction or improving your game, but they don't claim that they do, either. Does allow you to export PGN, though. I would like to see a feature added where it automatically moves if your opponent only has one legal move, as well.
Love it. Just wish there was a live game mode to play people in real time. Also there are just way too many ads that pop up all the time. Add that to the fact that you have wait for your opponents moves and it can really take the excitement out of playing. But overall a very enjoyable app.
I understand that adverts are what lets this game be free, but the fact that they autoplay after *every* turn make fast games frustrating. Which is a shame. Because if you just want to play Chess with your friends, this is basically perfect: functional, relatively intuitive and well laid out.
Drains your data 3x more than other add filled apps! No idea why and the support team were useless. Game play is good but uninstalling it as i can't afford to keep playing it on my way to work!
Very good app. It's easy to find opponents, there's virtually no time limit for a game, and you can play multiple games at a time. I had some small technical issues with the app, but it didn't influence my chess game experience.
I understand why there are so many ads... But, its just a basic ass game. Why annoy us with so many ads and charge to remove them? The ads are tolerable in most games, but every move? Other than that Iike being able to play random people vs. a computer.
Too many ads. Was looking for a game to play a friendly game of chess with people I personally know. All of the other stuff is of no consequence to me. A full screen ad after every move is ridiculous. Also it's a little buggy. Restarting the game fixed any issues, but still. Will be looking for a different option.
The king and queen are changed up. The game doesn't have good graphics. It doesn't let you do certain moves you can in real life or on other apps. If it didn't have so many pop up adds I would keep it to play with friends. It just sucks. Should be better. Thanks for trying. Don't download.
Every move, you get an Add, you sneeze and get an Add. The game is cool... It's chess so you can't go wrong, you can play with friends which is great. However $10 to remove adds ... No way, maybe $3 at most $5 but $10 is to much.
Horrible. An ad after every. Single. Move. And incredibly unstable to the point where the game had to be reset after every. Single. Move. RIIIIKIIDICULOUS! Not worth the 20 seconds I wasted to download the ap. If there were a way to flip the board and table in rage, that might even things out.
Game was crap. Ads after every move but worse than that it lagged up to 3 or 4 minutes before showing moves. Was offered solutions by the app developers but none worked. Test the game right out before you even consider paying for ad free version. Uninstalling despite paying for it. It is that unplayable.
If there is a note pad or similar that u can record ur possible next move reminders on would b a big help. Playing multiple games n waiting days for ur next move can sometime ruin what u had stratagized.
After playing so long with my friends on one game, the app starts glitching. It either gives my friends the option to move 2x's in a row.. or if I make a move to capture a piece, it shows the opposing team suddenly taking the piece I moved with, when they didn't even make that move to begin with. I don't care about the ads, but this is ruining the game for me because the app is messing up the gameplay. PLEASE FIX THIS! If it doesn't get fixed soon I'm uninstalling it.
Probably better than the real thing! Time to ponder the results of your actions without an opponent tapping their fingers; ads are quick to dispose of and the graphic is great. Ability to play multiple opponents very good as someone around the world is usually paying attention..
I get it, is a free game. You're supported by ads or paying a premium for the game eventually. However, the fifteen second video ads are obnoxious, as is a $10 price tag. Be reasonable one way or the other.
Zynga needs to better monitor chess club names and certain activities. The top suggested chess club was "President Donald Trump... Americans only - aliens will be..." There is no quick and easy way to have something like this removed.
Couldn't even start game. I don't have facebook so I entered my email. It tells me I need to setup a password. I press ok and instead of it directing me to a password setup page, it sends me to a q&a page with no option to setup password.
Great chess app. Ads get annoying, but that's to be expected. Sometimes the piece will transform into other pieces, but all you have to do is hit the back button and then open the match again. No biggie. Overall great app.
There's too many ads and the app icon is lame, should really upgrade and get with the times, the icon reminds me of all the cheesy game apps I used to get on my old ipod. An app with a million users should definitely have a nicer classier icon
I loved it for the second game. The first wouldn't let me play. And the rest while I'm in the middle of playing would switch the board around where my opponent side was facing me and I'm not able to move any pieces. I'm using the ZTE Zpad and ZTE imperial max.
Worst online chess game ever. With the fastest internet conection, you have to wait for other player to manually refresh his/her screen to get your move. Every move you make, you get an ad. Don't install, you will regret and uninstall. Uninstalling immediately.
Good game but adverts. It was tolerable till picture adverts were shown after every move but now you show VIDEOS. I was sitting in a room playing chess and suddenly a video starts playing in full audio and everybody's attention was on me. Embarrassing. Fix it.
Great app. Only thing that lets it down is the refreshing of moves after a while in the game and when playing multiple games at once you some times need to exit and reopen the app as you cannot enter the match. But they are small things I can live with. Upgraded to remove ads.
Great game. The only thing I can say negative is when you play Chester in expert mode he sometimes takes 24 hours to make a move..
I understand the need for adds but now 10 second movie adverts? Come on already. It's a basic game. Also, for some reason the game has quit notifying me of when my opponent has moved.
There are some minor bugs that bother me but nothing that breaks the game. The only other complaint is that my friend keeps beating me. Haha
Fun and easy to start a game with friends. Pros: - board/in game ui Cons: - Out of game UI is slow and a messy pile of buttons - video and or gif ad after every game - when you win or lose it forces you to rematch or start a game with a random.
You get an ad pop up after every single move. Sometimes it's a simple image as you can exit out of, sometimes it's a video you have to wait 5 seconds to skip. Sometimes you have to wait to long for someone to make a move, up to 2-3 days, by the time they move you forget this game was even going on. There's also a computer mode to practise against. This thing also takes 1-2 days to make a move and even on expert level it's not that challenging.
Obviously great game it's chess. Made game connected to random people love it. No real gameplay problems on s6. Only problem are those videos I have to watch after every move...
It's a decent app for playing chess, but they are very deceptive about removing ads. The in app pop up asks if you want to remove ads for $3.99 (which is expensive in my opinion) but when you tap that, the actual price on Google Play is $9.99 (which is ludicrously expensive). I'm okay with you setting your own prices, but not with you trying to trick people into paying more than advertised.
Glitches when choosing to play when it's your turn. Sometimes I have to click on a game that's waiting on the opponent to move to get a game to pull up then go to the next game until getting to the one I wanted to play.
I am new to chess so I loose but still fun my tablet is older and laggy so slow play but I'm going to give the app the benefit of the doubt this tablet is laggy on other apps as well
This is a horrible app. Opponent has up to 5 days to make a move. Because of that I only play with one person because there are opponents that will have you wait 5 days for each move they make. Very bad app. I will look for another chess app.
Excellent app . A very little difference between Rook and Queen. Sometimes confused please change Queen's figure or Add some themes for old eyes..
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This game is literally the BEST chess game there is... you can play so many people at once and from around the world! It's amazing playing people from all over the world really helps you expand your knowledge on chess as well as better your technique. I've never played in a competitive level but if I did this app would be were I'd practice.