

The only way would be to forcibly close the app and restart it, and hope that a different ad would appear. So I would be unable to get past the ad and to access the this app app at all. I frequently got full screen pop-up ads for other apps that would not have an "X" on the screen to close them, and also wouldn't go away on their own. It does not play anything remotely similar to a human player and creates lots of frustrating games. The result is that it will always give you a huge positional advantage in the opening, but then begin defending extremely accurately making it very difficult to actually win a game. And it plays absolutely garbage openings, worse than most human beginners. On the other hand it is extremely weak positionally, I would estimate below 1200 level. Meaning it will never make a mistake that loses material, nor will it ever fail to capitalize on one of your own mistakes. The thing about the AI is that it always plays very strong tactically, probably 2200+. I'm rated around 1800 USCF and tried playing on moderate difficulty levels. I have two main complaints about this app. Poorly programmed algorithm and annoying ads Perhaps I'll check back on the app in a year or so to see if they have cleaned it up.


this app is a game of challenging strategy and there is absolutely no room for cheating. As a new and learning this app player this app is useful but as an avid proficient this app player, it's equivalent to playing with a real person who tries to cheat. After reading other reviews of the game about some potential cheating going on, I am sad to say I will be deleting the app. I scoured the Internet to validate the legality of that move and couldn't find it anywhere, leaving the only conclusion to be that the computer in the game is somehow allowed to cheat. I thought was a glitch so I undid my move (the undo button is helpful for learners as well) and tried to redo it. The game allowed a knight to move diagonally one square to take my rook that I used to take a piece and put its King in check. At first I thought it was just glitchy or that it knew rules that I didn't know. Sadly, as I was able to move up to much higher difficulty levels, it wouldn't allow me to make some legal moves and it was able to make illegal moves. When I first was learning this app it was terrific and I was able to fine-tune my skills with the difficulty changer setting. I have been playing on this app for a few years almost DAILY when time allows.
