Chess Deluxe Help

Select the type of game you want from the app's main screen:

• One Player is a single player game against the AI.
• Two Player is a two player game with a friend playing on the same device.
• Online is a two player game with a friend or auto matched player online using Game Center.

• It's your turn when your name is bolded.
• To make a move simply tap/click a piece to select it, then tap/click a square to move it to. You can also drag a piece to the square you want to move it to. Note that the move will only be performed if it's legal.
• After selecting a piece, the squares that the piece can legally move to will be shown with a blue highlight. This can be enabled or disabled in Settings.
• Squares highlighted in green show the previous move. This can be enabled or disabled in Settings.
• When the king is in check their square will be highlighted red.
• Captured pieces are displayed next to the capturing player with the score difference shown for the player currently in the lead.
• Completed moves will be shown in the move list in Standard Algebraic Notation above the game board in Portrait or to the right in Landscape (iPad only). You can select a completed move from the move list to go back to that move.
• In offline games if enabled the timer for each player will countdown from the selected time duration while it's their turn until it reaches 0 where that player will lose the game.

The action toolbar provides a actions you can take during a game:

• Edit settings during a game. Note that you cannot turn off the timer if it has already started.
• Rotate the chess board at any time.
• Suggest a move if you ever get stuck or need a hint.
• Undo a move. You can undo all the way back to the start. Note that you cannot undo in online games.
• Redo a previously undone move. You can redo all undone moves. Note that you cannot redo in online games.

• Automatically switch between light and dark mode inline with the system or override to your preferred appearance.
• The game timer can be enabled or disabled. When enabled there are a number of possible durations to choose from ranging from 1 to 30 minutes.
• The AI difficulty can be set to Easy, Medium or Hard. The harder the difficulty, the longer the AI will take to make its move.
• Highlight last move can be enabled or disabled. When enabled, the previous move will be shown by highlight the from and to squares in green.
• Show legal moves can be turned enabled or disabled. When enabled, the squares a piece can legally move to will be highlight in blue when a piece is selected.
• Board rotation can be enabled or disabled. When enabled, the board will rotate after each move when playing a two player game.
• Game sounds can be turned enabled or disabled. When enabled, sounds will be played for each move.