Fun with Chess should appeal to kids and other chess beginners

by Mel Martin (Jun 7th 2013 12:00PM)

Fun with Chess is an iOS app that is a nice match for kids wanting to learn how to play one of the world's greatest games. It is not a typical chess experience, because it adds in factors of luck which limits your piece's moves with a roll of the d...

t Chess Pro updated with dual core support on the iPad 2 and more

by Mel Martin (Apr 29th 2011 9:45PM)

I liked t Chess Pro when I reviewed it many month ago. It had good clean graphics, and was a real challenge to play. One of the most frequent requests was for Game Center integration, and that has been added in the most recent release. Also inte...

Mac Chess program pwns Windows Chess Machines

by C.K. Sample, III (Jul 21st 2005 12:00PM)

As you all probably know by now, I am a chess fan. I'm also a Mac enthusiast, so I was pleased to hear that this year's 5th International Dutch Computer Chess Championship, held from June 3rd to June 5th in Leiden, Netherlands, was won by a program c...

ExaChess

by C.K. Sample, III (Jun 14th 2005 2:00PM)

I'm a chessaholic. It's true. I love the game. That's why I thought, "I need that!" when I saw ExaChess pop up on the Versiontracker radar machine today. ExaChess comes in a free lite version and an ExaChess Pro version for A$125 (which ...

Big Bang Chess

by Sean Bonner (Jun 1st 2004 2:58PM)

This is the hopefully the start of a new trend. Big Bang Chess is a new game that touts tight integration to Apple technologies—including iChat, Mail, iTunes, Address Book, and Rendezvous. Basically you can play someone else over your ne...

Mac Gamer Gear: Like Chess? Get Jin.

by C.K. Sample, III (Apr 11th 2005 7:08AM)

The program is a little un-OS X like in its Java-forged interface, but Jin is one of the better chess programs for OS X compatible with both the Internet Chess Club and the Free Internet Chess Server. A new version was released over the weekend, s...

Strong chess game for the iPhone/touch

by Mel Martin (Dec 10th 2008 3:00PM)

Chess goes way back in our history, maybe as far back as 100 A.D., and beautiful chess pieces were found in Scotland dating back to 1200 A.D. Tournaments started in the 15th or 16th century, so along with death and taxes, chess has been around a lon...

tChess Pro for iPad is very, very good

by Mel Martin (May 25th 2010 1:00PM)

I love to play chess and was looking for something that worked well on the iPad. The large screen and crisp graphics make board games on the iPad an attractive proposition. Based on some reviews, I installed tChess Pro for US $7.99. I wasn't disap...

Daily iPad App: Game Table lets you play checkers and chess against a friend

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 19th 2012 9:00AM)

Game Table takes a different approach to iPad-based board games. Rather than focus on a strong computer opponent or fancy graphics, Game Table lets you get back to the basics by offering only a game board. There is no computer opponent to beat a...

CSI Mac: How did that file get so big?

by Michael Rose (Aug 22nd 2008 11:00AM)

I don't know much about real-world forensics, except for what I see on television, but one thing I do know is that when you're faced with a troubleshooting mystery, you have a couple of choices: shrug your shoulders and fix the problem, or figure ou...

First Look: Game Table for the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th 2010 9:00PM)

Here's some screenshots for another upcoming iPad app called Game Table. The app brings Checkers, Chess, and various card games onto Apple's tablet with detailed graphics and an "intuitive" interface -- the developers claim it's like carrying full b...

Nazi tracker app coming soon to a German iPhone near you

by Mike Wehner (Dec 12th 2014 1:00PM)

At a time when ultra-nationalist rallies are becoming a weekly occurrence in the German capital of Berlin, activists are turning to apps to help track the extremist movement and ensure it doesn't evolve into something more dangerous, RT reports. Th...

Bose triumphantly returns to Apple Store, Apple pretends like nothing happened

by Mike Wehner (Dec 10th 2014 1:00PM)

After unceremoniously culling Bose products from Apple Stores around the globe a couple of months back, the popular audio brand has snuck back into Apple's good graces just in time for the last weeks of holiday shopping. Recent reports claim that A...

App Review: Let's Catch The Lion! is cute, strategic fun

by Sebastian Blanco (Dec 7th 2010 2:00PM)

The new Let's Catch The Lion! board game app looks cute as all get out, and to be fair, it is designed as a kids' game. But this Shogi (Japanese Chess) variant is a worthwhile download from the App Store even for board gamers who don't have a chi...

Chessic Update

by C.K. Sample, III (Jul 27th 2005 5:00PM)

...or My Obsession with the Game of Chess, Post #48. Chessic, which will allow you to play chess over the Internet with all the geeks plugged into the Internet Chess Club (ICC), has just been updated. Check it out. Or should I say, Check mate it o...