Chess+for+Android

written by Aart Bik, is a standalone chess application for Android. The application is available for free at the Android Market or as direct download and consists of a chess engine (a Java version derived from the UCI engine BikJump that is written in C++) and a GUI. The application accepts moves through the [|touchscreen], the [|trackball], or through the keyboard (e2e4 pushes the king pawn, e1g1 castles king side, etc.). An optional "move coach" highlights valid user moves during input and last played engine move.
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 * [[image:tablet.jpg width="240" ]] ||~ || **Chess for Android**,

Full game navigation buttons enable users to correct mistakes or analyze games. Games import and export as FEN/PGN to and from the clipboard, load and save as file, are set up through a position editor, or import as application/x-chess-pgn MIME type on startup. A draw by stalemate, insufficient material, the fifty move rule, or threefold repetition is recognized. The engine plays at various levels (including random, against itself in auto-play, or free-play, where the game can be used as a "magnetic chessboard"). The user can play either side and, independently, view the board from the perspective of white or black.

The application also supports the Universal Chess Interface (UCI) and Chess Engine Communication Protocol (often simply called WinBoard or XBoard protocol), which allows users to play against more powerful third party engines or even play tournaments between engines. Engine setup features pondering, infinite analysis, hash tables, multiple threads, endgame tablebases (Nalimov, Gaviota, Scorpio, Robbobases), and  opening test suites. Chess for Android recognizes all ChessBase compatible engines that are installed on the same device.

Since version **5.6** released in February 2018, Chess for Android supports the electronic chess board of the Millennium ChessGenius.

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=See also=
 * BikJump
 * Chess for Glass
 * DroidFish
 * Millennium ChessGenius

=Forum Posts=

2008 ...

 * [|Chess for Android] by Aart Bik, CCC, November 24, 2008
 * [|Upcoming Chess for Android 2.0] by Aart Bik, CCC, October 19, 2009

2010 ...

 * [|Chess for Android with UCI support released] by Aart Bik, CCC, August 23, 2010
 * [|Chess for Android with UCI support released] by Aart Bik, OpenChess Forum, August 23, 2010
 * [|Chess for Android 2.5] by Aart Bik, CCC, January 05, 2011
 * [|Chess for Android 2.8] by Aart Bik, CCC, April 01, 2011
 * [|Chess for Android 3.0.2: enhanced XBoard support] by Aart Bik, CCC, October 24, 2011
 * [|Chess for Android upcoming network feature] by Aart Bik, CCC, July 03, 2012
 * [|Chess for Android v4.1.5: sharing] by Aart Bik, CCC, January 12, 2013

2015 ...
> [|Re: Chess for Android v5.6] by Aart Bik, CCC, February 28, 2018 » Millennium ChessGenius
 * [|Chess for Android] by Patrice Duhamel, CCC, January 04, 2015 » Cheese
 * [|Chess for Android v5.0: Time Control] by Aart Bik, CCC, January 09, 2015
 * [|Chess on Android] by Pedro Castro, CCC, April 19, 2016 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, DanaSah
 * [|New Chess Graphics for Chess for Android] by Aart Bik, CCC, October 13, 2016
 * [|Chess for Android v5.3] by Aart Bik, CCC, November 27, 2017
 * [|Chess for Android v5.4: adjudication] by Aart Bik, CCC, December 18, 2017
 * [|Chess for Android v5.6] by Aart Bik, CCC, February 26, 2018

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 * [|UCI and XBoard Protocols for Android]
 * [|UCI and XBoard Engines for Android]
 * [|Aart's Android Page]
 * [|Android Game Manuals]
 * [|Chess for Android - Android Apps on Google Play]
 * [|Connecting Chess for Android with the Millennium] » Millennium ChessGenius
 * Aart Bik - Chess for Android, [|YouTube] Video

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