- PriceFree
- CategoryGames
- First releasedFebruary 22, 2009
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerTord Romstad
- Bundle IDcom.glaurungchess.glaurung
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Features:
* Free, but much stronger than most commercial iPhone chess apps!
* Plays aggressive and dynamic chess, and is not afraid of sacrificing material for initiative or attacking chances.
* Adjustable playing strength.
* Choose between several styles of play: "Passive", "Solid", "Active", "Aggressive" or "Suicidal".
* Big, deep and varied opening book. Choose between three levels of book variety.
* Displays book moves and engine analysis, including search depth, evaluations and main lines.
* Allows you to easily set up board positions.
* Able to think during the opponent's time, for maximum playing strength (disabled by default, in order to save battery life).
* Supports saving and loading games to PGN files, sending games by e-mail, and transferring PGN files between your device and your computer.
* Play against the machine, or play both sides, with or without book moves and engine analysis displayed on the screen.
* Choose from nine piece sets and eight color schemes.
* Complete source code available under the GNU General Public License.
Ratings Over Time
| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2010 | 1.0.1 | — | 3,847 | Free |
| March 13, 2011 | 2.2 | — | 4,095 | Free |
| January 29, 2012 | — | — | 4,189 | Free |
| May 15, 2013 | — | — | 4,231 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25Stockfish is very fun and helpful for chess but I am a little confused in what the strength bar means. Do the strengths have different ratings or something? And if so what are the ratings for each strength?
Oh I see what was going on!
I understand you need to restrict Stockfish to some time limit or else it can think for eternity on some moves, but why does the human player need a time limit? Please let me play a game where stockfish has a maximum amount of time per move, but the human player is allowed unlimited time per move.
Strong engine, used to run fine on iPhone, but no longer stable on recent iOS versions: loses track of whose move it is in analysis mode, and often just exits for no reason. This is not surprising since the application hasn’t been updated in 5 years.
Absolutely the best engine. Thank you Tord. Send him a Postcard.
You are good but please check the “Analyze This” app & learn its options like : -send (share ) pgn of game & ...
I have been playing chess for years now and this is on of many chess apps I have but this on is the worst by far. The games are designed to make you lost even if you are a good chess player. I am playing on the lowest level and still haven’t won a single game because the bot is made to play like a grandmaster. This is a good app for the people that like defeat and a challenges they know they are going to lose. If you are looking for a good chess app just download chess.com which has everything from puzzles and game analysis to help you get better and not feel like a loser. This app only has games with no analysis or puzzles or anything. It is a waste of time an I learned nothing from this app. Chess.com has mad me a better chess player not this horrible app.
Love the app, but the app crashes are way too frequent.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.