Chess Time Live - Online Chess

Haptic Apps, LLC

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this game

NEW: Chess Time Live is a new way to socialize with chess. Play unlimited online chess with people all over the world.

Live Chess: Instant Bullet, Blitz, and Quick games!
- In a rush? No problem! Tap the instant game invite to play chess right away!


Real Chess Online: Play chess with friends and opponents around the world.


Play Friends: Add your friends or make new ones through our instant game feature.
- Easily invite and play chess with friends, family, and favorite opponents.


Chess960: For players that are done with routine, now play Chess960 online with friends.
- Chess960 is a variant with randomized pieces on the home rank.


Rating Graph: Track your progress and chess rating to see your improvement over time.
- Each time and game variant has its own graph and rating.


Player Chat: Instantly chat with your opponent in app.
- Learn from opponents and make new friends without leaving the app.


Social Chess: Create a buddy list and play chess with friends and family.


Learn Chess: Become a better chess player from playing and reviewing games daily.
- Play unrated games that do not count towards your rating.


Login with your Chess Time account to play live chess.

Ratings and reviews

The app itself is great compared to most chess apps, but my main issue is that there aren't enough similar skilled players to go up against, and this doesn't provide a good experience for me and other highly skilled players. For example everytime I join an event, I have to wait an extremely long time to play against someone, and most of the time I can't even play one match, meaning I can't participate in the event, and thus I get no trophys.

GOOD: The app records every game with every player, so you can go back and see your good and bad moves. This will help you get better. It also allows for Chess960, which is nice. You can play with random players with your choice of between 1 and 45 minutes on the clock. I'd reccomend this. BAD: The same full-screen video ads come on after every game. You can't save games to your device.

I just went back to review a couple past games and found out that the "game history" section only goes back a certain number of games. The games I wanted to review were completely erased. This is sad because I was very proud of one game which is now gone, so I no longer can show anyone. The other game had a very important conversation to me, which, along with the game, is now erased. It's a good app, but be sure to record your moves after every game. You can't count on game history to show them.

What’s new

Fix for invite screen 'players like me'