FollowChess
FollowChess
The official app & game
Distributed by UptoPlay
SCREENSHOTS
DESCRIPTION
Use UptoPlay to play online the game FollowChess.
Follow live chess games from top international chess tournaments.
Check out the moves of the top players and learn!
FollowChess is now available on ANY Browser! http://live.followchess.com
FollowChess is also available on iPhone and iPad! http://goo.gl/m5s0nz
From Candidates 2018 & Carlsen Karjakin World Chess 2016 match, Champions Showdown to Bundesliga and other International & National tournaments, we cover it all!
See why top players like Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler, Jonathan Tisdall, Tania Sachdev like the App!
Also used by Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and other top GMs!
FEATURES
Watch multiple live games in a single screen! (works offline too!). And with the new WatchList feature, you can also watch multiple live games from DIFFERENT tournaments in a single screen!
Tap board to launch the analysis board. You can enter your own moves too or seek engine assistance. The board will update when new moves are made!
Now get notified when round of your favorite tournament starts or even each game results. Configure it per tournament.
(Pro users can subscribe to all tourney notifications. Free version is restricted to any one tourney, at a time)
Watch live official video broadcast as well as keep an eye on all other boards! (tap the Camera icon)
Analyze the Chess position with the power of multiple Chess engines, simultaneously! (Needs Analyze This app)
View All Games from previous rounds or filter games by your favorite player, result or ECO!
View Standings and more (Tap right down-ward pointing arrow to reveal hidden options)
Know when the next round of your favorite tournament starts, in YOUR local time
TIPS
Analysis board - Double tap the board to launch instant engine analysis!
Analysis board - Swipe finger down to flip the board
Analysis board - Touch and hold left/right arrow key to jump to start/end of game
NOTE
* PRO vs FREE
1. Pro can play online all games in .pgn format. Free cannot
2. Pro can access all games from previous rounds. Free can only access drawn games.
3. Pro has no Ads.
4. Pro can view all Standings. Free can view standings of top tables
5. Pro can watch upto 8 games in WatchList. Free can only watch upto 3.
6. Pro users automatically become awesome! ;)
PRO Subscriptions
PRO for a month - USD 0.99
PRO for a year - USD 5.99
Please note monthly & yearly purchases renew automatically. You can cancel at any time via the Google Play Store app - Account - Subscriptions.
Get real-time Chess results on Twitter or FB :
https://twitter.com/FollowChessApp/
https://www.facebook.com/followchess/
Please send your suggestions and bug reports to [email protected]
Special thanks to Chessdom, Mark Crowther (theweekinchess.com) , Lennart Ootes (http://lennartootes.nl/) & chess24
Enjoy with UptoPlay the online game FollowChess.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Developer: MyChessApps.com
Genre: Board
App version: 3.6.13
App size: 13M
Recent changes: ♞ Improved youtube video performance
♞ Bug fixes
EARLIER
♞ Crash fixes
♞ Improved use of spacing in Analysis board screen
Comments:
The ads appear on full screen and cannot be clicked away or closed, de facto making the app unusable. I understand the need for ads but when they take over the entire experience they turn the application into garbage. I can't even say whether this app is good or bad per sé, as I literally could never access anything on it (ads full screen and I have to close it and open it again).
`Great content - the app allows to follow the most prominent chess tournaments from all over the world. The implementation is sloppy though. There are bugs and quirky behaviours. For example I can't turn the sound off for notifications for some reason. All the boxes are unticked under Settings / Notification Sounds, yet the sounds are still there. Or another annoyance. You can only see either DRAWN games, or games from the LAST ROUND (even decisive ones) in the free version. This by itself is fine. BUT the logic is completely inconsistent, because you can't access decisive games from the last round through a player profile nor the "All Games" view - they're marked as "PRO" and unaccessible there... even though the very same games are still accessible through the "round" view! The design isn't perfect either, eg. on the "Standings" list you only get to see points, but not the win-draw-loss stats. On the plus side, the app no longer crashes, unlike in the past when it would happen pretty often.`,When you click the back button to go to the previous page or menu a full screen ad pops up with sound and then the back button stops working. You have to search for a tiny little X on the screen that actually allows you to close the ad as no other button does it. I understand the purpose of ads, but disabling the back button is a sneaky way to milk users and annoy them and those around.
it's an extremely important app for both professionals and amateurs likewise.. while the professionals can't do without following the top games to learn from them, the amateur's passion for the game increases only when he sees the best at the trade, battling out.. that too when it covers many tournaments which people might not even know about, it's something you must definitely not miss
One of the apps that I use on regular basis. For some reason the game between Vishy Anand and Topalov kept throwing error message after 15th move. App doesn't crash but the app has a bug where it kept repeating the first 15 steps."
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