Chess Problems Lite
Fun Directmate Chess Puzzles
Free
4.4for iPhone, iPad and more
8.5
8 Ratings
Gano Technologies LLC
Developer
7.2 MB
Size
Jan 2, 2024
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About Chess Problems Lite
A lite version of the Ultimate mate in 1 to 4+ chess puzzle apps!
Sharpen your chess skills! Beginners and experienced players will enjoy solving these chess problems!
This app has 10 interactive chess problems ranging from easy mate in one move problems to very challenging mate in four moves. The object is to finish each game by forcing a checkmate in a given number of moves. In the full versions of this app there are a much larger number of classical puzzles collected from a variety of sources. These puzzles are fun to play and can be enjoyed at your leisure on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Chess problems are especially useful for learning to play chess or anyone wanting to improve their skills.
New features added include:
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- Completely revamped chess engine that is much stronger
- Timing clock is displayed while you are working on each puzzle. How long you take to solve a puzzle is stored.
- New options: more chess piece sets (total of 7) and more colors schemes (total of 7) including wood and marble. (Improved the options menu as well)
- Social Gaming: Leaderboards to compare the number of puzzles you have solved with your friends and other players. Facebook integration - including the ability to post your progress and ask your friends for help on a puzzle.
- Universal app - works on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad - high resolution graphics all around (where supported).
For even more chess puzzle challenges check out these apps:
- Mate in 1 Puzzles
- Mate in 2 Puzzles
- Mate in 3 Puzzles
- Mate in 4+ Puzzles
Sharpen your chess skills! Beginners and experienced players will enjoy solving these chess problems!
This app has 10 interactive chess problems ranging from easy mate in one move problems to very challenging mate in four moves. The object is to finish each game by forcing a checkmate in a given number of moves. In the full versions of this app there are a much larger number of classical puzzles collected from a variety of sources. These puzzles are fun to play and can be enjoyed at your leisure on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Chess problems are especially useful for learning to play chess or anyone wanting to improve their skills.
New features added include:
------------------------------
- Completely revamped chess engine that is much stronger
- Timing clock is displayed while you are working on each puzzle. How long you take to solve a puzzle is stored.
- New options: more chess piece sets (total of 7) and more colors schemes (total of 7) including wood and marble. (Improved the options menu as well)
- Social Gaming: Leaderboards to compare the number of puzzles you have solved with your friends and other players. Facebook integration - including the ability to post your progress and ask your friends for help on a puzzle.
- Universal app - works on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad - high resolution graphics all around (where supported).
For even more chess puzzle challenges check out these apps:
- Mate in 1 Puzzles
- Mate in 2 Puzzles
- Mate in 3 Puzzles
- Mate in 4+ Puzzles
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.4
Last updated on Jan 2, 2024
Old Versions
- Latest iOS and iPadOS Compatibility updates
- Minor bug fixes
- Minor bug fixes
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Version History
4.4
Jan 2, 2024
- Latest iOS and iPadOS Compatibility updates
- Minor bug fixes
- Minor bug fixes
4.3
Nov 26, 2020
- Dark Mode support
- Support for all new iPhone and iPad screen resolutions (+ MacOS Apple Silicon ready)
- iOS 14 compatibility improvements
- Bug fixes
- iOS 12+ required for this update
- Support for all new iPhone and iPad screen resolutions (+ MacOS Apple Silicon ready)
- iOS 14 compatibility improvements
- Bug fixes
- iOS 12+ required for this update
4.2
Jul 13, 2019
- Added a new Color Scheme option: Light Green and Yellow!
- Improvements to iOS 12 compatibility
- Improvements to iOS 12 compatibility
4.1
May 1, 2019
- iOS 12 Compatibility updates
- A couple of small bug fixes
- A couple of small bug fixes
4.0.1
Nov 13, 2017
- Support for the iPhone X including Super Retina HD graphics
- Significantly improved compatibility with iOS 11
- Speed improvements
- interface improvements
- many bug fixes
- new icon / name
- Significantly improved compatibility with iOS 11
- Speed improvements
- interface improvements
- many bug fixes
- new icon / name
4.0
Nov 11, 2017
- Support for the iPhone X including Super Retina HD graphics
- Significantly improved compatibility with iOS 11
- Speed improvements
- many bug fixes
- new icon / name
- Significantly improved compatibility with iOS 11
- Speed improvements
- many bug fixes
- new icon / name
3.2.1
Apr 15, 2016
- Fixed bug in which the app would crash or possibly not send the correct .pgn file in an email when exporting a puzzle.
- Fixed crash when re-running the hint solver multiple times
- Updated a few alternate puzzle solutions given in the hints
- other minor fixes and iOS compatibilities issues
- Fixed crash when re-running the hint solver multiple times
- Updated a few alternate puzzle solutions given in the hints
- other minor fixes and iOS compatibilities issues
3.2
Nov 18, 2014
- Larger buttons on the game board + menu
- Fixed issues that could cause the app to crash when the next/previous puzzle button is pushed (especially when the hide solved puzzle option is enabled)
- other bug fixes and puzzle corrections
- Fixed issues that could cause the app to crash when the next/previous puzzle button is pushed (especially when the hide solved puzzle option is enabled)
- other bug fixes and puzzle corrections
3.1.1
Oct 13, 2014
Version 3.1.1
- Fixed: crashes on iPad 2 when promoting a pawn (due to an iOS 8 bug)
New in version 3.1
- iOS 8 support
- Retina HD graphics!
- Optimized for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- Improved iPad retina graphics
- Fixed: crashes on iPad 2 when promoting a pawn (due to an iOS 8 bug)
New in version 3.1
- iOS 8 support
- Retina HD graphics!
- Optimized for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- Improved iPad retina graphics
3.1
Oct 1, 2014
- iOS 8 support
- Retina HD graphics!
- Optimized for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- Improved iPad retina graphics
- a couple of small bug fixes
- Retina HD graphics!
- Optimized for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- Improved iPad retina graphics
- a couple of small bug fixes
3.0
Jan 23, 2014
- iOS 7 Redesign!
- Improved Facebook sharing (with board screenshots) [iOS 7+]
- Added screenshot of chess board to .pgn e-mail [ iOS 7+]
- minor bug fixes
- Improved Facebook sharing (with board screenshots) [iOS 7+]
- Added screenshot of chess board to .pgn e-mail [ iOS 7+]
- minor bug fixes
2.7
May 3, 2013
- Added the option to export a puzzle as a PGN file! You can e-mail the file or directly open it in another app.
- Added rotation for upside-down portrait
- Fixed a bug that caused puzzles to get skipped when the hide solved puzzles option was selected.
- Other small updates and improvements.
- Added rotation for upside-down portrait
- Fixed a bug that caused puzzles to get skipped when the hide solved puzzles option was selected.
- Other small updates and improvements.
2.6
Oct 13, 2012
- iOS 6 Compatibility
- Optimized for iPhone 5 (taller screen)
- Optimized for iPhone 5 (taller screen)
2.5
Jul 6, 2012
- Retina graphics update for the iPad! (including: chess piece sets - Alpha, Berlin, Cheq, Leipzig, and XBoard, as well as the marble and wood board themes).
2.4
Mar 30, 2012
- Updated graphics for the new iPad's Retina display
- iOS 5.1 compatibility
- iOS 5.1 compatibility
2.3
Jan 21, 2012
- Added a "+" button at the bottom of the game board with options to go to the next or previous puzzle as well as help options
- Added an option to go to the next puzzle after a checkmate
- Fixed a couple of bugs and iOS 5 compatibility issues
- Added an option to go to the next puzzle after a checkmate
- Fixed a couple of bugs and iOS 5 compatibility issues
2.2
May 13, 2011
- Added an option to show the chessboard coordinates
- Toned down the piece movement animations a little
- Added option to reset the solution for a particular puzzle (in the info button dialog)
- performance improvements
- bug fixes including leaderboards not updating correctly
Tip: You can swipe left and right on the move list instead of hitting the back and forward buttons!
- Toned down the piece movement animations a little
- Added option to reset the solution for a particular puzzle (in the info button dialog)
- performance improvements
- bug fixes including leaderboards not updating correctly
Tip: You can swipe left and right on the move list instead of hitting the back and forward buttons!
2.1.3
Apr 7, 2011
- Bug Fix: empty board bug- puzzles would load with no pieces and would require application to be closed completely.
- Other small bug fixes
- Other small bug fixes
2.1.2
Jan 25, 2011
- Bug Fixed: Sometimes a loading indicator (white spinning dots) would not stop correctly when a puzzle was loaded. This caused all the puzzles to not load until the app was completely restarted.
2.1
Jan 6, 2011
- Added option to show a hint/solutions button for each puzzle. When this option is turned on a button is shown at the bottom of each puzzle that can be used to give a hint (the first correct move) or the full solution for that puzzle.
- Couple of small bug fixes.
- Couple of small bug fixes.
2.0
Dec 19, 2010
New in Version 2.0
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- Completely revamped chess engine that is much stronger
- Timing clock is displayed while you are working on each puzzle. How long you take to solve a puzzle is stored.
- New options: more chess piece sets and more colors schemes including wood and marble. (Improved the options menu as well)
- Social Gaming: Leaderboards to compare the number of puzzles you have solved with your friends and other players. Facebook integration - including the ability to post your progress and ask your friends for help on a puzzle.
- Universal app - works on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad - high resolution graphics all around (where supported).
- Many bug fixes and stability enhancements
---------------------------------
- Completely revamped chess engine that is much stronger
- Timing clock is displayed while you are working on each puzzle. How long you take to solve a puzzle is stored.
- New options: more chess piece sets and more colors schemes including wood and marble. (Improved the options menu as well)
- Social Gaming: Leaderboards to compare the number of puzzles you have solved with your friends and other players. Facebook integration - including the ability to post your progress and ask your friends for help on a puzzle.
- Universal app - works on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad - high resolution graphics all around (where supported).
- Many bug fixes and stability enhancements
1.1.0
Jun 21, 2010
Updated for iOS 4
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- multi-tasking enabled for iPhone 3GS+
- high resolution images for iPhone 4
- new modern chess piece set and updated xboard pieces
- small bug fixes
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- multi-tasking enabled for iPhone 3GS+
- high resolution images for iPhone 4
- new modern chess piece set and updated xboard pieces
- small bug fixes
1.0.2
May 26, 2010
- More improvements in handling how the computer chooses its moves. This may cause the computer to think longer in certain situations (especially for mate in 3 or more puzzles); but will result in better game play.
1.0.1
May 17, 2010
- Increased the maximum amount of time the app can use to compute a move; this corrects the issue where the app would make non-optimal moves on older devices.
1.0
May 3, 2010
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Chess Problems Lite.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Chess Problems Lite supports English
