The important moves: new ways to play, learn, and stay in the game across the web
and iPhone app.
This is a history of meaningful player-facing changes, not every small fix behind the
board.
Latest
Promotions and endings, explained against the computer
On iPhone and iPad, a pawn that reaches the last rank now waits there while you
pick its new piece from a row below the board, and you can still take the move
back before choosing.
When a computer game ends, a short note explains how — such as the blocker the
computer couldn’t afford — next to the number of moves played. Review game steps
through the whole game, turning points included, and Rematch starts the next one.
Watch two computers build their armies
The home page now hosts a live computer match. Follow every purchase and move,
see the bots think and react to captures, and stay for an automatic rematch.
Pause your view whenever you want a closer look.
A clearer game against the computer on iPhone and iPad
Computer games now show one plain line above the board about the moment — your
move, what a selected piece earns, or where a new piece can go — with both coin
balances right beneath it.
With Move Coach on, its verdict leads the screen once the computer replies, and
Show draws the better move on the board. You can now also resign a computer game.
Learn Chesspoly by solving puzzles on iPhone and iPad
Practice is now twelve short puzzles in four chapters — earning, building,
defence, and checkmate — each built around one rule of the king economy.
A hint is there when you need a nudge, a wrong answer explains what went wrong,
and you can watch the full solution at any time. Your progress is saved, so you
can pick up at the next puzzle whenever you return.
A clearer Chesspoly table on iPhone and iPad
The mobile app now puts the board at the centre from the moment it opens, with
quicker paths into matchmaking, computer games, pass-and-play, and private rooms.
Profiles, online setup, guided practice, and every game mode now share the same
calmer visual language, while the familiar Chesspoly pieces remain on every board.
A smoother way to play on iPhone and iPad
Every game mode and guided practice are now available directly from Home.
Local games keep their Undo history when you return, and online play provides
clearer progress, retry options, and a reminder that turn timers keep running
when you leave a room.
Move Coach keeps current game instructions visible. Practice shows your coins
as you learn, while replay controls sit beside the board and game history
keeps your place when you visit an opponent’s profile.
A new welcome to the table
The homepage now brings Chesspoly’s economy to life with illustrated pieces,
a short purchase animation, and clearer ways to find your next game.
Start playing for free, or explore the rules at your own pace.
See the turning points in every finished game
Completed games can now be reviewed action by action. Chesspoly’s engine grades
each choice so you can spot the moments that changed the position.
Grade badges mark strong choices, mistakes, and blunders in the timeline.
Jump straight to the next or previous mistake instead of scrubbing blindly.
The same engine review is available in web and iPhone replays.
Draws now end like draws
Games that cannot make progress no longer drift toward a timeout. The shared rules
engine now recognises the drawn positions unique to a king economy.
Threefold repetition and 100 turns without progress end automatically.
Two bare kings with no coins are recognised as a dead position.
Online opponents can offer and agree a draw during the game.
Replay, return, and play again
Online games became easier to leave and return to, while finished games gained a
clearer path into another round.
Reconnect to an active game without losing your seat.
Offer a rematch as soon as the result is settled.
Open finished online games as interactive replays on iPhone.
Guided practice opens the board
A dedicated practice mode now teaches the rhythm that makes Chesspoly different:
earn, buy, develop, and protect the king you started with.
Short guided positions introduce buying and coin income one step at a time.
Purchase previews show how a choice changes your balance before you commit.
Clearer move feedback makes legal actions and their consequences easier to read.
