AI summary
Free, ad-free chess app with online play via Lichess and FICS, Chess 960, Duck chess, and Chromecast board casting. New WiFi board with share option. Includes ECO opening explorer and screen-reader accessibility. MIT licensed open source; UCI engine support was removed for security compliance.
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About this app
Objectives
User friendly
Free
No ads
Small size
Demo video https://youtu.be/2HwjQDV1P8g
Features
Chess 960
Duck chess (experimental)
Setup board
Play online on Lichess
Play online on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)
Cast the board via Chromecast
ECO opening explorer
Accessibility support for screen readers like Talkback
Install
Published on "F-droid" https://f-droid.org/packages/jwtc.android.chess/
Published on the Google Play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jwtc.android.chess
Roadmap
Take items from the feature-request list (GitHub issue list)
Translation improvements (some translations are old or inconsistent).
Improve user interaction via screen readers
Contributions are welcome
UCI engines
support for UCI engines was dropped due to security-related restrictions on W^X violations
License
MIT licensed (see License.md)
What's new
Wifi board with share option
About this version
- Version
- 10.3.1 (283)
- Size
- 3.22 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
- Downloads
- 50
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- Package
- jwtc.android.chess
Ratings & reviews
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