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Fun Chess Puzzles on Windows Pc

Developed By: Lucian Musca

License: Free

Rating: 4,1/5 - 668 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 2.9.4
Size 21.5 MB
Release Date March 07, 24
Category Board Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (5)]

What's New:
Older Releases • Update targetSdk to API level 34 • Update the minSdk to API level 28 (Android 9) • Add embedded chess engine • Defect fixes • Add Kosal Chess... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Do you want to get better at chess? Download this addictive chess puzzle app and improve your chess skills today!

Fun Chess Puzzles has a collection of more than 4000 carefully se... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Fun Chess Puzzles and play on Windows PC. Fun Chess Puzzles is free Board game, developed by Lucian Musca. Latest version of Fun Chess Puzzles is 2.9.4, was released on 2024-03-07 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of Fun Chess Puzzles is 4,1. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 668 users, 90 users had rated it 5*, 420 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Fun Chess Puzzles on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Fun Chess Puzzles on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Fun Chess Puzzles on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play Fun Chess Puzzles using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Fun Chess Puzzles" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Fun Chess Puzzles on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Fun Chess Puzzles" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Do you want to get better at chess? Download this addictive chess puzzle app and improve your chess skills today!

Fun Chess Puzzles has a collection of more than 4000 carefully selected chess puzzles also referred to as chess tactics, which range from simple to extremely difficult.
The solution of a chess tactic is the sequence of best moves to be played from the given position.
A chess puzzle is considered solved only if all the moves in the solution are played in the correct order.

Your rating is updated with each chess puzzle played. If you solve a chess puzzle, your rating increases, whereas if you fail to solve it your rating decreases.
Chess tactics displayed in the app are based on your current skill level.
The rating is updated according to the Glicko-2 rating system, invented by Mark Glickman.
The chess puzzles include a wide variety of tactical motifs: checkmate, blocking, interference, pin, discovered attack,
clearance, trapped piece, sacrifice, skewer, overloaded piece, advanced pawn, mate threat, removing the defender, X-ray attack, weak back rank, zugzwang, zwischenzug, perpetual and stalemate.

Featuring:
• Intuitive user interface
• More than 4000 offline chess tactics, which range from 1000 ELO to 2500 ELO.
• Support for tablets
• Several chess themes
• ELO calculation, ELO reset, ELO history tracking (Glicko-2 rating system)
• Share chess tactics with your friends via Facebook, WhatsApp, email, and more.
• Chess notation for moves
• Next chess puzzle selection based on your current ELO
• Report invalid chess tactics
• Strong chess engine analysis where you can analyze alternative moves or solutions to chess tactics
• Statistics for completed tactics
• Analyze your Chess Pro/Analyze your Chess Free App Integration to easily analyze your favourite chess puzzles
• Google Play Games Achievements and Leaderboard

Free vs Pro version
• Pro version does not contain ads
• Pro version contains all the features of the Free version
• Pro version has German, Spanish, French language support.
• In the Pro version you can manage your own chess puzzles packs and solve puzzles from the imported chess puzzles packs. To learn more about this feature visit https://sites.google.com/view/funchesspuzzlespro/home.

Permissions
Internet permission - is used for Report Invalid Puzzle functionality, analytics and ads.
Storage permission - is used for ELO tracking, Statistics, chess engine installation and chess engine analysis.
Vibration permission - to provide audio notifications during game.
Older Releases
• Update targetSdk to API level 34
• Update the minSdk to API level 28 (Android 9)
• Add embedded chess engine
• Defect fixes
• Add Kosal Chess Piece Set by Philatype

Current Release
• Defect fixes
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.