ChessCraft
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Customise chess boards and pieces, then play against the computer opponent.
- Rating
- 4.5
- 12.9K ratings
- Downloads
- 1M+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 16
- 2026 · v1.17.24
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About ChessCraft
Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess sandbox with an computer opponent. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces. Play your creations against a computer opponent, share them with friends online, or choose from one of 60 built-in chess boards in adventure mode.
www.chesscraft.ca
Many chess mobile games already exist, but only ChessCraft allows the player to create such wacky boards and pieces and immediately play a decent computer opponent.
Create new pieces with any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, plus a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. Create new boards with any enabled or disabled tile up to 16x16. Place promotion rules for any piece, anywhere. The computer opponent then uses concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand your creations and play against you.
ChessCraft is full, free, and ad-free, except for the occasional popup which asks you to buy ChessCraft Patron. If you become a patron, you won't see those interruptions anymore. If you're a teacher, student, parent, or cannot afford ChessCraft Patron, send me an email and I'll send you a special code.
Let me know if you have any feedback or questions. If you like the game, please rate it!
www.chesscraft.ca/faq
www.chesscraft.ca
Many chess mobile games already exist, but only ChessCraft allows the player to create such wacky boards and pieces and immediately play a decent computer opponent.
Create new pieces with any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, plus a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. Create new boards with any enabled or disabled tile up to 16x16. Place promotion rules for any piece, anywhere. The computer opponent then uses concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand your creations and play against you.
ChessCraft is full, free, and ad-free, except for the occasional popup which asks you to buy ChessCraft Patron. If you become a patron, you won't see those interruptions anymore. If you're a teacher, student, parent, or cannot afford ChessCraft Patron, send me an email and I'll send you a special code.
Let me know if you have any feedback or questions. If you like the game, please rate it!
www.chesscraft.ca/faq
What’s new
Version 1.17.24 · Updated September 16, 2026
Bug fixes.
User reviews
It was so great that you create board chess
This is the best chess app in mobile to make new chess variants. However, I have two things to say. I don't know what causes this, but sometimes, the AI would make a move for me whem I'm playing against it. I don't know if it's caused by an overload in premoves, if it's caused by certain pieces, or something else. I...
Simply the best chess app on the store.... Especially if you're into chess variants! Would be cool to have the option to enable drops like in shogi, and the ability to capture pieces by sandwiching as in viking chess :)
Interesting and fun app. Highly recommended for professional players as well. Will definitely build up your creativity in chess!
Cool
If this isn't the best game in the world, then it's something better. A customisable chess variant? You just can't get bored playing this game. It's also got the classic chess, so it's all in one. Thank you genius creator. Your creativity is beyond 5 stars.
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