Needs work The gameplay and difficult selection is great. I think the prices for sub-par videos (YouTube is still better) are absolutely too expensive. The app also crashes a lot, I am using an up-to-date Google pixel, so my phone shouldn't be the problem. Overall I still think it is a good app, just needs reduced pricing for paid content. No more than $0.99 for beginner and intermediate. No more than $2.00 for advanced. If the price was less, more people would buy, and you would probably end up making more money. Keep it up, this app is NOT finished...I hope

A forced draw was made by repetition of 3 moves, but its was done even though i didnt make the sams 3 moves

Crash after crash. Couldn't even set up profile...

Amazingly cool! Awesome game.

Nice game liked it very much

Great game inspired me to play chess

Amazing

The app's problems with inconsistent play and records keeping seem to have been addressed (finally!) in this last update, and I can give it four stars with a clear conscience.

I have this app and I paid for extra age levels and also for the magnometer. Here are my complaints: 1. Graphic of board and pieces are bad. They should have many themes or at least have a standard wood stauton theme like Chessbase or Fritz is. 2. Have a feature in the app to be able to analyze the game played and also have engine analysis and not like they have now by viewing on web. 3. Have a history of the games played so you can review old games. 4. Have more training options like Opening Trainer, Tactics Trainer, Endgame Trainer, etc. Also have Magnus do normal videos and not these stupid less than a few minutes videos that I have to pay for. Just because Magnus Carlsen has a couple minute video explaining what a Zugzwang is and showing an example through a position doesn't mean that is will make it more special than say a monkey making the same type of video for free on YouTube. I want to see a 8-12 hours video set explaining the Nimzo Indian mainline and all the sidelines or basically any opening repertoire that Magnus Carlsen is a master on. For example, GM Peter Svidler has like 12 hours worth of videos on Chess24 explaining all the mainlines and sidelines of the Gruenfeld Defense. Now for those I'd pay money for. 5. Have an option to chat with and also observe other players playing Magnus live. 6. Have the ability to challenge Magnus to different time controls. If you update the Magnus app with those features, then it will be a top chess app.

Fantastic engine... I am having a hard time finding any bad things to say other then the customization ability is limiting.

I am unable to login to the app and get my details and scores, I am using Google plus authentication, I receive an error "disallowed user agent", can someone advise?

It keeps asking me to setup my profile how many ever times I do it.

Kept crashing please fix it

Great app. Let us play against friends.

It's an honour to play with the champ even losing from him makes me feel proud

It's a motivational game

It's just awesome

always loved this game.......learned a lot....thanks a lot to Mr Magnus Carlson

It's good app and improves chess skills.

It is a very good game for chess players

It is very good

Very nice

Best app ever

this app is awesome

Good game

Super

Okey

Great game

1. threatened squares: Displays the status of each piece on the board. A red square means that the piece is under attack and not sufficiently defended, or that it is being attacked by a piece of lesser value. This is usually a pretty serious danger signal and means you must take active measures to avoid losing a piece. Yellow means that the piece is under attack, but it is just sufficiently defended. You must be careful about removing any defending piece. Green means the piece has enemy contact but is well defended. Usually it is okay to remove a defending piece.

Why are things inconsistent in this game? Sometimes after I win it says "View game on web" and other times the option isn't there. I've even had it show up once or twice when I lose. After playing a really long and difficult game I want to be able to review it. The fact that the option sometimes doesn't show up is really annoying especially since I expect it to be there. This option should always be there win or lose. Even better would be a way to save all you past games. Bah!

Everything's great, but one problem. I upgraded boards(brown and green) using brain power, but since I changed the board to green, I can't change the board to gray or brown and it does not say "owned" at the store. I even clicked the 'restore purchases' button but it still doesn't work. Please fix this bug. Thanks.

It's good, but one huge problem. When I'm playing a stronger version of Magnus, like age 26, I tend to misplace pieces, which is fine, but you should be able to undo your move even if you get checkmated by Magnus. You may have mouseslipped there as well. It's fristrating. Please address this, and then I might rate the gameplay higher. The controls and graphics are fine. I have another idea that can be put in, but after this one.

This app is really trying to draw you into paying $$. Most training is locked, and there are several other enticements. I find the levels challenging but insulting. I am ELo 1800 and I have difficulty with Magnus age 9. Maybe I stink, maybe the app is trying the old trick of frustrating you just enough to pay money to get better. There are other chess apps out there. I'm not impressed. The graphics are bad, but of course you can pay for better graphics!!

I like the app very much and spend a lot of time with it. I like that AI is not like typical chess AI, but more human like. But there are also too many drawbacks. The ability to view PGN of the last game should be there always, even if you don't have connection to internet. By the way, in my case the app constantly says I am not connected to the internet, even when i am connected. All games should be saved online in the profile. Seriously, inability to review your own games is just a flaw. Engine analysis is really missing. The moves are slow, which is a bit annoying but maybe good, since it kind of forces you to think more and play slow chess. Also, your business model is ridiculous, to be honest. The lessons are just too expensive, and they cover material that you can find on YouTube for free. Why not allow a limited number of lessons, puzzles, etc for free per day? And if you pay, you can get unlimited.

Good idea but Magnus is thinking shows up and stays there forever. Even in the easiest level. My idea of chess isn't sitting for a half hour with the app open waiting for the computer to do something. I've got a mate in 2-3 and it's just stuck

One major design flaw is the inability to view your PGNs even after you exit the match. You get one screen asking if you want to review the PGN, but after a long arduous game you really wanna just not look at the app for a while, and you come back to find your game isn't even there for you to review anymore. Seriously? Not even saved in your profile, there's no game history, then what's the point for a profile?

Excellent chess engine but app crashes often. Customer Service made me whole when my purchases utilizinging "Brainpower" disappeared in App. However, I was advised NOT to make purchases going forward until new iteration addressed this issue in Android fones.

It's actually really nice, but paying £27 for all the tutorials is expensive. I was expecting an innocent game, but no. Pay up. Which I'm not doing.

The engine is good. One bug that I noticed is that Magnus denies your draw offer even when he's got only the king left

I will beat you carlsen I will work hard to be the next GM OF THE PHILIPPINES JUST REMEMBER (JOHN ROBERT E. JAURIGUE) AND ALSO You WESLEY SO JUST WAit THE RIGHT TIME I I WILL BE A Gm