# Border Chess

> Chess on a 10×10 border board

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6774101655](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6774101655)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6774101655`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sahasra Ranjan
- **Category:** Board
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-09
- **First published:** 2026-06-03
- **Size:** 3.88 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/border-chess/id6774101655)
- **Website:** [https://borderchess.org/](https://borderchess.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://borderchess.org/privacy](https://borderchess.org/privacy)

## Description

Border Chess is chess with room to breathe.

The board is 10×10: standard FIDE chess on the inner 8×8, plus one empty square on every side. Kings, queens, and edge pawns can use the border for extra maneuvering — same rules you know, with new tactical possibilities.

PLAY VS BOT
Challenge Fairy-Stockfish, tuned for the border board. Choose your difficulty and improve your game against a strong computer opponent.

PLAY WITH FRIEND
Pass-and-play on one iPhone. The board automatically flips each turn so both players see the game from their side.

BUILT FOR CHESS PLAYERS
• Standard rules: castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, stalemate, 50-move rule
• Legal move hints, last-move highlight, and check highlight
• Clean, modern board inspired by chess.com
• Portrait mode, optimized for iPhone

NO ONLINE MULTIPLAYER (YET)
v1 is offline on your device — bot mode and local two-player only. No account required.

OPEN SOURCE
Border Chess is free software under the GNU GPL v3. Source code and license:
https://github.com/sahasrarjn/chess-app

The bot engine uses Fairy-Stockfish (GPL v3). Chess piece artwork from the Lichess Maestro set.

Play in your browser too: https://borderchess.org

## Rankings

- #2,172,160 — Overall

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