ChessBot

Name: ChessBot
Rating: 4.1 (34 reviews)
Author: Hengyu Zhou

By: Hengyu Zhou

Play chess at your hand

Features & Capabilities

ChessBot is an elegant chess app with powerful features.

A strong chess engine providing move suggestions
Play in human v.s. human, or human v.s. computer with scalable ELO
Chess Gallery: manages all your games, includes saving, sharing, deleting, renaming, etc
PGN files importing, exporting, and previewing
Board analyzing: your game statistics in all traits
Guidebook: your game skills start here
- Chess openings: with interactive board, guidance and extension of openings
- Chess puzzles: play some challenging endgames in your spare time
- Chess lessons: learn how to play endgames and improve your techniques
Play with friends: play chess with friends through iMessage App

ChessBot is also available on Mac App Store and Apple TV App Store, check it out!

More features will be added in the future. Enjoy it! Please let us know if you have any suggestions or complaints.

Privacy Policy: https://www.chessbot.xyz/chessbot/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.chessbot.xyz/chessbot/termsofuse E-mail: chessbotapp@outlook.com

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Hengyu Zhou

Rating:

4.10

(34)

Version:

8.4 Last updated: 2025-02-27

Version code:

872852730

Creation date:

2015-12-11

Compatible devices:

Size:

71.79MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 237,263 ▼ 945

For Developers

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Hengyu Zhou

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chessbot/id1065334169

Website:

https://chessbot.xyz

User Reviews

Users praise ChessBot for learning features (puzzles, hints, adjustable difficulty) and a clean interface that supports offline practice. Many reviews, however, note serious drawbacks: the AI can cheat or break rules, is often too hard for beginners, and there are usability and stability issues (lag, broken controls, post-update bugs). Improvements to AI fairness, accessibility of controls, and compatibility with older devices would address the most recurring concerns while preserving the learning benefits.

Pros

Improves chess skills through learning-focused features such as puzzles and hints.
Puzzle section offers varied challenges with helpful guidance.
Clean, intuitive interface and a robust engine with multiple difficulty levels.
Allows practice against the computer at different levels and offline use.
Free to play with no in-app purchases.

Cons

AI sometimes cheats or violates chess rules, with issues like pieces reappearing.
Beginner players report the bot is too strong or unbeatable on low settings.
Performance issues: laggy/slow gameplay and controls that are unresponsive or missing (e.g., drag-and-drop).
Bugs and instability after updates, including incorrect win popups and occasional crashes on older iOS versions.
Occasional usability gaps such as unclear instructions.

Recent reviews

The bot cheats and breaks the rules of the game

by El*****, 2026-03-14

You know what, I’ve learned chess in Duolingo, and I have multiple choices. But in this game, it’s so laggy, slow, unrealistic, so many moves you can’t do, and the bot ALWAYS wins even if it’s not checkmate and BRO I HATE THIS GAME. Don’t download it’s horrible, and it does not help you with chess AT ALL. just get Duolingo

by SA*****, 2026-03-11

I played this game and I hate this! I’m new to chess. They should have a difficulty the computer is on, because I can not seem to win, I play right but the computer seemingly doesn’t care.