About Chess
Chess is the world’s best-known strategy game, and on GameBase you play it face to face. The iPad lies flat between you like a real chessboard, and each player’s pieces, name, clock and buttons face whoever sits on that side.
All the rules are included: castling, en passant, promotion where you choose the new piece yourself, check, checkmate and stalemate. The game also watches for threefold repetition, the 50-move rule and positions where nobody can checkmate. Tap a piece to see where it can move.
If you want to play against time, you can turn on the chess clock with 5, 10 or 15 minutes each. A move can be undone, but only if your opponent agrees, and you can offer a draw or resign with the buttons on your own side.
How to play
- Type in your names, and choose whether to play with a chess clock and whether to show possible moves.
- White sits at the bottom and goes first. Tap one of your pieces, then tap the square it should move to.
- Checkmate your opponent’s king so it can’t escape. If the king isn’t in check and there’s no legal move, it’s stalemate and a draw.
- After each game you can play again with swapped colours.