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Anyone found a fun, good chess app for the iPad or iPhone? My DS8 likes to play chess at chess club and at tournaments, but since he pretty much refuses to play any other time, he's not improving very quickly. I thought a chess app might be fun. He's an intermediate player, I would guess around a 400 rating. I saw there was a fritz and chesster app (black eye chess), but it got crummy reviews.

Well, not sure that this is what you're looking for, but you could just get Chess with Friends and then find people who will play against him. My DS plays chess with his Grandpa in Texas this way. It is also a great way to maintain their relationship long distance since they don't see each other that often but both enjoy chess. For your ds, if you found the right partners to play with him it maybe it would work.

My DS6 uses chess geek kids. He is a beginner though. This app has an option to play with the computer with a setting of 0 to 100, 0 being the easiest.

My son, who plays tournaments regularly, uses tChess Pro on our iPod & iPad. He likes it a great deal.

The company has also released tChess Lite, which is $0.99.

My 12 year old and husband play each other on Chess With Friends. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-with-friends-free/id295436227?mt=8

Thanks for all the ideas! I'll check them out. And see if I can find a willing chess partner for DS....

I am having trouble finding this. Is it the Chess Academy for kids by Geek Kids?
Thanks

Yes it is chess academy for kids by geek kids. Sorry for not being clear.

I started allowing DS11 to play online (with other players) on www.Chess.com this year. MY only rule is "no chatting" online. He loves solving the daily puzzles and reading chess news.
He has asked for either the fritz and chesster app for the iPad. I am thinking abt it.

Thanks again for the advice. My DH downloaded tChess Pro (thanks mithawk), and DS and DH both seem to like it. (I suspect DH got the idea from this site, but I forgot to ask him...)

S-T, the chess.com sounds fun too. FYI - have your DS read all the review on the Fritz and Chesster app for iPad before you commit. And if he gets it anyway, I'd love to hear your/his review here.