Handy Chess Online
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Free | Sergey Shapovalov | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
HandyChess uses FICS - Free Internet Chess Server (www.freechess.org). This is the most popular chess server in the Internet with more than 310,000 registered users and at almost any given time more than 1000 people online ready to play with you. There is no problem to find an opponent of your desired level in seconds.
When you seek an opponent, HandyChess gives the option to resume any paused games, then looks for other users that meet your formula.
Features:
- Only online play, no computer opponents
- Carefully crafted chessboard that looks like a natural wooden chessboard
- Clear chess pieces based on the Traveller Standard chess font
- Easy one-tap connection to chess server
- Fast and simple game seek mode (two taps in most cases)
- Ability to challenge your friends and accept their challenges
- Name, time, last move and rating is always on screen when playing
- Rematch support, automatic challenge to last opponent with the same settings
- Options to abort and adjourn games, automatic resume of adjourned games
- Option to show legal chess moves
- Simple FICS registration link
HandyChess is based on the powerful Cocos2D graphics library by Ricardo Quesada.
Please contact us if there are suggestions, improvements requests or stability issues, our email is [email protected]
Reviews
Great App!
Mortimer Ichabod Marker
This is a great app! No frills rated games with multiple time control options and increments. The board layout is good as well and someone is always available to play. Get this if you like chess.
Very good app!
Kakesim
Even if this cost, it would still get a good rating from me. Nothing real fancy but it gives a fast and stable connection to the FICS site,where you can concentrate on your game. See you there!
Very good
Seerozha
The best free fics client last time i checked. Simple and solid interface. Great all around. Coulda been five star if not for occasional crashing and no way to resume games
Good free fics interface
Chess fan 73
It s free so i cant complain... But there is no option to resume upon disconnection... Which with mobile devices playing over the internet is kind of common. Get that feature and it s a 5 star app that does its job very well!
best FICS app and free
elliot333
i've tried every fics chess app available (magnus online chess, cyberchess, chess-wise, etc.) and this app beats them all. it is the only app currently available that provides a smooth and reliable fics connection. thanks
Simple and effective
bound4h
I've tried all of the FICS compatible apps and this is by far the best one. Simple interface and it's free. Can't beat it
Ugly, but serviceable. And it's free.
JohnnyStrife
What this game lacks in aesthetics it makes up for in convenience and performance.
Superb FICS Client
DaveNHMustard
Handy Chess is a superb client for playing on the Free Internet Chess Server. It doesn't have every feature of a desktop client, but for playing basic blitz games it gets it right by keeping it simple and having nice chess pieces!
