iChess (Android) is great for solving tactics/puzzles and improving your Chess. It has many puzzles from 2011 GM tournaments!!
Notes:
· This app is ad-supported and hence needs Internet permission
· The positions are from real GM games, hence not all puzzles may end in a checkmate!
· This is not an app to play a game against the mobile
· 3 Levels (Normal, Advanced & Master)
· More than 1100 puzzles (tactical positions) in all
· Hint for current puzzle
· Analyze previous puzzle (no engine support at the moment)
· Scorecard with Total score & count of Solved/Failed/Hints etc
· Many puzzles from 2011 Grandmaster tournaments
What's New in This Release:
· iChess developed Artificial Intelligence and made some crazy illegal moves only to embarrass itself. Fixed!
What's New in 2.0:
· Added power of two engines! Long press Board -> Analyze This
· New icon
· Supports landscape mode
· Fixed display issue on small screen phones
· Fixed a minor bug and crash
What's New in 1.8:
· Support for solving multiple moves (see Settings) (thx Brandon)
· Prevents making basic illegal moves (thx Mark)
· Always keep screen light ON when you are looking at the Board (thx Thiago)
· ICS related fixes (thx Enzo)
· Can scan PGN files from both sdcard and sdcard-ext (external)
· Bug fixes
What's New in 1.7.2:
· Fixed crash on small-screen phones
· Bug fixes
What's New in 1.6:
· New Bird View feature to view your Solved/Failed positions for each level. Tap on the number to load that puzzle
· Copy puzzle in FEN notation. Long press on board to see the option (You can import FEN in apps like 'Chess for Android' for Engine analysis)
· Remember last puzzle for each level
· Touch related bug fix which did not allow selecting a piece if you have already selected one
What's New in 1.5:
· Share puzzle via email/twitter/facebook etc!!
· Choose a board color! (Aqua, Blue, Brown, Gray or Green)
· Setting to automatically move to next puzzle OR stay on current position and review it
· Tablet optimization
· Note that 'Random On/Off' option has moved to the Settings
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Supported operating systems:
Google Android 1.6, Google Android 10.x, Google Android 2.0, Google Android 2.1, Google Android 2.2, Google Android 2.3, Google Android 3.0, Google Android 3.1, Google Android 3.2, Google Android 4.0, Google Android 4.1, Google Android 4.2, Google Android 4.3, Google Android 4.4, Google Android 5.x, Google Android 6.x, Google Android 7.x, Google Android 8.x, Google Android 9.x
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