Next Chess Move

Next Chess Move LLC

In-app purchases

About this game

NCM is a powerful chess calculator that runs Stockfish 15.1 directly on your device. The app also includes access to a growing list of engines running on NCM's single core CPU hardware:

• Stockfish latest official releases and development builds
• Lc0 (all official networks and several contrib networks)
• Cfish
• GNU Chess
• Ethereal
• Xiphos
• Laser
• Defenchess
• Arasan
• Vajolet2
• OpenTal
• Nemorino
• Demolito
• Winter
• Nalwald
• Igel
• Seer
• Fire
• RubiChess
• Koivisto
• Wasp
• Halogen
• Berserk
• Marvin
• Combusken

The optional NCM Pro in-app purchase provides a full year access to powerful hardware and features that significantly enhance the strength of calculations:

• AMD Ryzen 5950X 16-CPU-core servers
• RTX 2080 GPUs for LcZero
• 6-man syzygy tablebases on SSD drives

Ratings and reviews

I purchased NCM PRO, accidentally uninstalled the app and when I went back to it, couldn't figure out how to sign in, emailed the dev, and very shortly after received a very nice email from Chad who perfectly worded how to get around the issue I was experiencing, honestly didn't expect such a quick reply, it's a great app with exceptional customer service. 10*s out of 5. It's perfect for anyone who has increased their rating and don't know how to deal with certain threats. I love the mv option.

Good app and very strong engine once you use the dev build but it leaves me baffled as to why the free website version is almost just as strong even with less thinking time. And when I use the website dev build it's stronger than the app—Weird. They can do a couple things to improve my experience: 1) allow customizability of the board& peices. 2) Skrink the size of the board by default or have an option for it —this is so we can use the app in split screen mode. 3)have more engine options.

I bought the app and initially had a problem with the board fitting my phone screen. Chad's customer service was so prompt in working out what the problem was and helped with which setting I needed. He is in the process of issuing the fix to solve the problem at source. The app has been great in helping where I have been going wrong too.

What's new

- Upgrading to Stockfish 16.1
- Updating list of remote engines
- Bugfix: fixing crashes during endgame analysis