Mate in 4+ Chess Puzzles
Chess Problems
$0.99
4.4for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
5 Ratings
Gano Technologies LLC
Developer
29 MB
Size
Jan 2, 2024
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About Mate in 4+ Chess Puzzles
The Ultimate mate in 4 moves chess puzzle app!
Sharpen your chess skills with Mate in 4 Puzzles! Experienced players and anyone looking for a good challenge will enjoy solving these chess problems!
This app has 1000 interactive chess puzzles that will challenge you. The object is to finish each game by forcing a checkmate in 4 to 8 moves. The puzzles consist of a large 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.
Mate in 4+ chess problems are especially useful for more advanced chess players or anyone wanting to improve their skills.
New features added in Version 2.0 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
Sharpen your chess skills with Mate in 4 Puzzles! Experienced players and anyone looking for a good challenge will enjoy solving these chess problems!
This app has 1000 interactive chess puzzles that will challenge you. The object is to finish each game by forcing a checkmate in 4 to 8 moves. The puzzles consist of a large 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.
Mate in 4+ chess problems are especially useful for more advanced chess players or anyone wanting to improve their skills.
New features added in Version 2.0 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
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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
Nov 8, 2017
- Support for the iPhone X including Super Retina HD graphics
- Significantly improved compatibility with iOS 11
- Speed improvements
- many bug fixes
- new icon
- Significantly improved compatibility with iOS 11
- Speed improvements
- many bug fixes
- new icon
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 20, 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.
- Added text solutions for puzzles – this is especially useful for puzzles that the solver has a hard time finding the solution.
- Added text solutions for puzzles – this is especially useful for puzzles that the solver has a hard time finding the solution.
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
- Has anyone solved all the puzzles yet? Let me know - I can add more!
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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
- Has anyone solved all the puzzles yet? Let me know - I can add more!
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; 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
Apr 22, 2010
Mate in 4+ Chess Puzzles FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Mate in 4+ Chess Puzzles.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Mate in 4+ Chess Puzzles supports English
