Halfchess - play chess faster app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 112 ratings )
Games Board Strategy Education
Developer: naval saini
Free
Current version: 8.0.0, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 05 Jan 2017
App size: 37.93 Mb

― Got busy? Yet love to play chess!

halfChess is for you -- played on half the board (easy fit on your phone) and lasts only 5 min (quick fun).

It unique features are:-

● New! 2-player games and a community
● 100+ stages to practice against AI on a smaller board
● Blind mode pieces disappear after 3 moves

Please feel free to reach out with any improvement requests or ideas.


― Deliberate Practice for End Games

150 stages of varying difficulty levels so you can practice valuable end game skills such as deep thinking, fast-thinking, pushing opponent pieces, and reducing their attach area.


― Improve Focus and Memory

Playing blind chess will help you sharpen memory and focusing skills.

In "blind mode", the chess pieces disappear after a few moves (as in the screenshot). It is not very difficult to play HalfChess in blind mode, because the pieces are shown once in every 5 moves.


― New rules to the age-old Chess

Chess has transformed for over a millennium, and yet new variants are developed every day. HalfChess variation has two new rules changes.

1. You stalemate your opponent, and you win (Not a draw)
2. No castling


― Notable achievements

HalfChess has reached till the 12th position at Pioneer.app global startup competition. We have also received media coverage from YourStory.com.

Website - https://halfchess.com
Support - flipflopapps@gmail.com
Twitter Me - @navalsaini