Very nice

It is very good for a buck. Like the built-in Mac Chess it takes forever to move at the "infinite" setting, so on my old MacBook I really havent gotten to check it out at max difficulty as I am too impatient. But at the setting just below that it is very challenging. I do agree that the default appearance is an eyesore, so I switched that immediately to a less busy screen as I find that 3D skins might be pretty but in computer chess they are way to distracting. It is easier to play with a birds eye view, which is how we study chess games in books and online.

And as for the complaint that you cant choose black? You can. You flip the board from the Tools Menu, and make the computer play white by selecting Force Move from the Move menu. And Bobs your uncle.

This all said, I think that there is better software to be had for free in the tablet and phone world, with Droidfish probably being much better than this.

shrinkie1964 about Chess Deluxe, vV1.00