Mate in 2 Puzzles Reviews – Page 3
5/5 rating based on 51 reviews. Read all reviews for Mate in 2 Puzzles for iPhone.
Mate in 2 Puzzles is paid iOS app published by Gano Technologies LLC
Great fun!
Aettis
I like this app quite a bit. When ever I am bored I find myself testing myself against these puzzles instead apps that waste my time.
Much harder than I thought it would be
JohnnyStrife
But very fun, and it feels good when you finally figure a puzzle out.
Good Program But Need Play Button
quasar1334
Updated Review: May 7th, 2013 Reduce stars for no way to play and check alternative answers. I had thought that this program wasn't good. I couldnt solve many of the puzzles and had thought that they were wrong. Puzzle # 17 is a good example of this situation. I spent many hours on it till I set it up on chessgenius where it was solved it in 3 moves. BUT CHESSGENIUS WAS WRONG! The problem is that there are multiple solutions, but they are nevertheless all really mate in 2 moves. I found this out after the programs was updated and the author added a hint/solution option that was surely needed. After the first move, the second move can be multiple move depending on what the computer does. But it will ALWAYS be mate in 2. If they didn't add the hint button I would have never discovered this. So, many cudos and nuff respect to a great chess puzzle program. Everything thing else about the program is good. I like how it has the option to look like a real chess board. It doesn't look cheap. I give maximum stars for the effert that went into creating it. And sorry for my former negative review. Well that new hint button made the difference.
Not bad
lbs0035
Early puzzles are easy and then the end of the puzzles are very hard and they don't give you the answers and you can't move on so you get stuck
A winner
Viator1642
I was afraid this one was going to be full of trivial puzzles. Instead it has turned out to be quite fun and challenging.
EASILY worth $1. Could use one small tweak
Analytical Guy
More clever, fun puzzles than I could ever solve! Once you get past the handful of "easy" problems, you get into the really clever, brilliant, fun puzzles – ones that might well take you an hour to solve. I think there are something like 1000 puzzles…? I am pretty sure there are more than I could ever do, and they're good ones too! There is one small feature that this app sorely needs: the ability to just freely move the chess pieces yourself. Part of why it is so hard to figure out how white can mate black in 2 moves is that you can't try a white move, and then try black's various responses for yourself. You can try a white move, and then the app will make black's move – presumably black's best possible move – but that's not the same effect, since it can lead to you accidentally "solving" a puzzle when you just meant to try out a theory. If they could fix that – maybe by offering a Sandbox button, where you can then move the pieces freely – this app would probably be worth $5. But still, 1000 clever chess puzzles for $1 easily deserves a 5-star rating! Additional note: I don't know why someone said the app won't give you the answers, because it will if you click the Hint button.