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iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles on Windows Pc

Developed By: MyChessApps.com

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 7.006 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 5.2.13
Size 11.9 MB
Release Date January 25, 21
Category Puzzle Games

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

What's New:
* Dark board theme is now the default. You can change it from App Settings - 'Board Theme' [see more]

Description from Developer:
Chess puzzles aka tactics are an ideal way to practice and improve your chess without having to find an opponent or spend time playing an actual game. iChess presents 1000 offline... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles and play on Windows PC. iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles is free Puzzle game, developed by MyChessApps.com. Latest version of iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles is 5.2.13, was released on 2021-01-25 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500,000. Overall rating of iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 7,006 users, 510 users had rated it 5*, 4,383 users had rated it 1*.

How to play iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles on Windows?

Instruction on how to play iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install iChess - Chess Tactics/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 iChess - Chess Tactics/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 "iChess - Chess Tactics/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 iChess - Chess Tactics/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 "iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 5.2.13.

Download iChess - Chess Tactics/Puzzles 5.2.13 on Windows PC – 11.9 MB

Chess puzzles aka tactics are an ideal way to practice and improve your chess without having to find an opponent or spend time playing an actual game. iChess presents 1000 offline puzzles from real FIDE tournament games. Just launch and start solving!

iChess is now available on iPhone and iPad! http://goo.gl/1GIu67

FEATURES
♟ Three difficulty levels makes it suitable for kids/beginners, advanced and even serious masters. All puzzles are offline. No internet connection required
♟ Load your own PGN puzzle file. Chessbase CBH format not supported
♟ Hint and engine analysis with Stockfish! Analyzing the puzzle with the engine is a good way to improve your game
♟ Bird View feature to view Solved/Failed and unseen puzzles. Or solve the difficult puzzles again!
♟ Master Chess openings by solving tactics from popular chess openings like Sicilian, Kings Indian etc (extra $)
♟ Improve your chess endgame knowledge with thematic puzzles like 'Tactics in the Endgame' (extra $)
♟ Get awed by games of Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen and other players with special puzzle packs or receive puzzle of the day from recent Chess events
♟ Solve puzzles from recent 2016 tournament chess games (extra $)
♟ New Material design! (thanks to Ilya Kostin)

NOTE
♟ Some puzzles simply win a pawn or a piece. Not all chess games end in checkmate!
♟ Puzzles/Tactics are arranged in increasing order of difficulty
♟ Thanks to theweekinchess.com and pgnmentor.com for the PGN files.
Free vs iChess Pro
$ Free version has Ads
$ Free and Pro version both have access to the same features
$ Upgrading this Free version via the In-App purchase to remove Ads (Settings), has the same effect as the Pro version which is available as a separate App
Popular Tactics packs:
★ Very Hard Tactics 1 & 2 by IM Slizhevsky
★ Best Tactics of 2014 and 2015
* Dark board theme is now the default. You can change it from App Settings - 'Board Theme'
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.