Chess Widget: Daily Puzzles1.22.5 - App Store

Chess Widget is a simple, focused way to keep chess close: solve daily puzzles on your Home Screen, train in the app, play online, review classic games, and set up your own positions.

Solve over 11,000 chess puzzles and explore over 100,000 games by outstanding players-from historical classics to modern grandmaster games. Sharpen your tactics and study games move by move.

Add a chess puzzle widget to your iPhone or iPad and come back to a fresh position every day. Open the app to solve tactics, analyze the board, or continue with a full chess experience built for quick sessions and thoughtful play.

Play online with your Lichess account, find opponents, create invite links, accept challenges, offer draws, resign, and follow the game clock directly in the app. You can also play nearby multiplayer with a friend, practice against AI, or explore famous classic games move by move.

Chess Widget also includes a board editor with FEN support, so you can create positions, test ideas, save setups, and jump straight into play.

Coach mode
Review completed Lichess games with a move-quality score, an evaluation graph, and a breakdown of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders. Return to a critical position and try a better move on the board, ask for a hint, or explore the best continuation.
Compare White’s and Black’s thinking time with paired bars and time labels for both players. Tap the graphs or use the navigation buttons to explore the game move by move. Start another online search from Coach with your saved settings.

Features:
. Over 11,000 chess puzzles and a widget with a new puzzle every day on your Home Screen
. Online play with Lichess
. Invite links and incoming challenges
. Nearby multiplayer
. Play against AI
. Over 100,000 games by outstanding players to study move by move
. Board editor with FEN
. Move history, themes, sounds, and focused chess settings

Whether you want one quick puzzle, a real online game, or a quiet board to study, Chess Widget keeps chess ready when you are.

Questions or feedback?
Write to me at oleg.v.soloviev@gmail.com

Terms of Use:
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Version History • Switch sides during a game against the computer.
• Pull to refresh recent games in Coach mode and review mistakes with an improved layout.
• Fixed turn handling and move undo in games against the computer. 1.22.5 Sep 17 Improved game reviews in Coach mode, with refined move quality scoring, better identification of inaccuracies, and a clearer explanation of your overall score. 1.22.4 Sep 15 • Continue playing against the computer from a selected position in Coach mode.
• Choose your piece when promoting a pawn in computer and online games.
• Improved move display and remembering your selected position in Coach. 1.22.3 Sep 13 New in Coach mode:

• See your opponent’s last move highlighted when fixing a mistake.
• Compare time spent by White and Black with a new move-time chart. Select a pair of moves to see both players’ times.
• Use the buttons below the board to step through moves or jump to the start or end of a game.
• Find an online opponent directly from Coach using your saved search settings. 1.22.2 Sep 11 Coach now helps you revisit mistakes and try stronger moves from your own games. Move quality explanations are clearer, with better context for scores, winning chances, and key continuations. 1.22.1 Sep 7 Meet Coach — a new way to review your games.

• Analyze recent Lichess and AI games with a game score and evaluation graph.
• Explore key positions, changes in winning chances, remaining time, and best continuations.
• Move through the game and reveal the best move in any position that is not checkmate.
• Show the selected Coach position in the Home Screen widget.
• Online moves now appear faster, along with other reliability improvements. 1.22.0 Sep 4 Improved stability and accuracy when loading puzzle positions, including castling and en passant details. 1.21.4 Aug 13 Rating requests are now less frequent and better timed. They appear after positive moments, such as solving a puzzle or winning an online game. 1.21.3 Jul 10 Online Mode is smoother: review finished games with analysis and preselect a piece while waiting for your turn.

Also improved clocks, chat, invites, and game-end states. 1.21.2 Jul 7 Online Mode improvements: sign in with Lichess, find opponents, add and challenge friends, chat, and track your profile. 1.21.1 Jul 4 Play online with Lichess: find opponents, create invites, handle rematches, and use clocks, draw offers, and move sounds. 1.21.0 Jun 29 Improved castling handling for a more stable chess experience. 1.20.2 Jun 15 New: Nearby Multiplayer

Play chess with a friend nearby with no internet or account required. Host or join a game in seconds and keep playing anywhere, even offline.

Also includes small improvements for puzzles, AI games, classic games, and the board editor. 1.20.1 Apr 29 NEW multiplayer mode!
Play with friends nearby — no internet or registration required.
Simply choose an opponent nearby and start a game in seconds!
Perfect for playing on a plane, train, or anywhere — offline and without limits. 1.20.0 Mar 9 • New chessboard editor: place pieces and create your own positions.
• Import and export FEN to quickly load and share positions.
• Quick actions: clear board, start position, flip board, choose side to move.
• Analyze, hints and start a game right from the created position.
• General stability and performance improvements. 1.19.0 Feb 17 - Minor improvements
- Arabic language added 1.18.0 Jan 20 Optimized storage of historical games and reduced the app's size for ease of use! 1.17.2 12/10/2025 Added support for iOS 26 1.17.1 12/03/2025 Added a new mode: History!
- Watch and analyze thousands of games by famous chess players, dating back to the 18th century 1.17 12/02/2025 - Customizable device sleep timer
- Optimized artificial intelligence algorithm
- Improved chess position evaluation system 1.16 11/05/2025 Added support for iOS 18 SDK 1.15.2 09/19/2024 Improved Mac support 1.15.1 08/19/2024 NEW Game Mode
1. Choose in Settings to play with AI, skill level, side to play and play
2. Your game will also be on the home screen! 1.15 08/16/2024 Fixed widget update time 1.14 04/30/2024 - Minor improvements
- Additional translations 1.12 04/28/2024