# Chess By Post

> Board

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id509928358](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id509928358)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id509928358`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Games By Post LLC
- **Category:** Board
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (254 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-30
- **First published:** 2012-03-26
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-08-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-by-post/id509928358)
- **Website:** [http://www.jeffcole.org/chessbypost](http://www.jeffcole.org/chessbypost)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://gamesbypost.com/chess/privacy.html](http://gamesbypost.com/chess/privacy.html)

## Description

Chess By Post is a Chrome extension that lets you play real-world-style correspondence chess online. Challenge friends or take on opponents of similar skill in ranked games, with support for multiple simultaneous matches and automatic push notifications when moves arrive.

Track your progress with Elo-based rankings and leaderboards, and sharpen your game with puzzles, endgame analysis, and a comprehensive move history. The extension includes an interactive board explorer, notes, in-game chat, offline hand-offs, and a computer opponent that adapts to your level, plus an alphanumeric grid display to plan strategies.

## Review summary

Users praise Chess By Post for its clean design, long-running games, free access, and learning features like Plan Moves and Game Analysis, plus a sizable puzzle library. However, recurring concerns across reviews include bugs in moves and occasional crashes, reports of opponents using engines with inflated or unreliable ratings, weak customer support and difficulty muting abusive players, puzzles that are flawed or misgraded, and inconsistent move time controls that slow down gameplay. Overall it’s feature-rich and social, but stability, integrity, and moderation need attention.

### Pros

- Nicely designed UI that’s easy to start a game.
- Plan Moves feature lets you simulate outcomes and learn.
- Game Analysis uses a chess engine to evaluate moves.
- Large library of puzzles and learning resources.
- Cross-platform play, free access, and a solid ranking system.

### Cons

- Opponents cheating with engines/bots and inflated or unreliable Elo ratings.
- Bugs in moves, misapplied rules (draws), and occasional crashes.
- Poor support responsiveness and lack of effective abuse controls in chat.
- Puzzles are flawed or misgraded; better moves sometimes marked incorrect.
- Move time controls are inconsistent and slow down gameplay.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id509928358)