Chess at ICC play learn Reviews

I’ve been a paid member for years. The mobile app is horrible. I’ll keep it for now to be able to play on my Mac, but if you force the update I’ll have to use another app. This mobile app is really bad. Whoever looked at this and said, “this awesome has poor judgement.” Don’t take advice from them ever again. It’s so bad, I’m thinking of just leaving altogether. I love playing chess when I’m waiting for my daughter or just chillin out. But now the user interface is not appealing, not intuitive. It’s just bad. Just bad.

I’ve been playing on here for years but I’ll be canceling my membership. Update has ruined the site. It used to be great. Nothing is the same. Rated games are flooded with guest players whose ratings are useless. I don’t see any of the old players from before on here anymore either. They must have all cancelled as well.

This used to be a great app. But after the last update you cannot customize the pieces or the board unless you sign up. Well, I just want to play chess against a computer.

I don’t want to have to remember yet another password or read through many, many paragraphs of terms and conditions.

ChessatICCplaylearn developers can of course do whatever they want. But I’ll be deleting this chess game and looking for a friendlier one.

I don’t write reviews. This probably is my first review. Everyone that was involved in the design and approval of the updates should be fired. An app update shouldn’t change the user experience completely. This update makes the visualization so jarring that I can’t even figure out what my move or my opponent’s moves are. If the update is not rolled back, I will be deleting ChessatICCplaylearn .

I have been playing in ChessatICCplaylearn for a few years. It was simple, easy to get a game, and gave you a fairly accurate reading of your rating. There were some bugs but they generally fixed them. The new interface is horrible. It’s distracting when playing, it takes longer to get a game, and I lost all my previous ratings.. the one feature they added that was a positive was it shows you how it calculated your rating score at the end of the match. But it’s not enough to put up with this and I will not be renewing my subscription.

Over all responsive and easy to play with. Had some glitches like reverse time counting. My move was shown and my time was running. Sometimes it quits and you don’t recognize it. Too often it tells me that after just a few moves the time was exceeded. In reality just a few seconds were used. Same thing with a message that the game was resogned. Ugly and probably easy to fix by the develope

Several years ago I reviewed all of the major online chess playing apps. ICC, while arguably the best online playing environment for live chess, had the worst app. It is much better, but still a little awkward in its design. Using it required some counter-intuitive adjustments that are easily learned, but that will requires re-learning if you only play every few months.

For bullet, however, it is best avoided. In a recent game, my time was running down two, three, and four seconds before my opponent’s move appeared on the board. I one-minute chess, this handicap is fatal.

Why is ChessatICCplaylearn taking steps back?
iPad version is now stuck on vertical which makes it unusable.
Options for game boards and pieces are limited more than the previous old version.

The GUI is blah and not user-friendly.

Worse: There are quite a few puzzles that have more than one solution. Yet, your app does not take that into account and unfairly deems a solution wrong.

Strangely, there is no contact email. Email, to the one provided in the newsletter, bounces.

Please make the board stay still when I’m playing on my phone Lichess does not scroll away maybe take a hint from them

There’s a serious battery drain problem. The phone runs hot and the battery drops to perilously low levels instantaneously. Make sure you play only while charging.

Nice to see that chess at icc will still work now when iOS 11 comes out. Still prefer though Lantern Chess an ICC Interface on iOS as it has full examine mode functonality and a stronger engine.

Love the new update, everything is easier to find and there are players of all skill level. Able to play puzzles for hours without boredom

I’ve read the history of this chess site, ICC. I’m happy those computer programmers did what they did. It made for the phenomenal chess site where I can play chess every day. It is truly the way the chess site is advertised: The premier chess site of the entire world. Thank you, Mark

Over the years, I have used several interfaces to ICC, but this one is my new favorite. The functions I use are quickly accessible (starting matches and analyzing games afterward with the built-in engine).

Still the best gaming app ever invented. Helps develop cognitive skills. The shooting apps develop hand to eye coordination but very little to help users develop thinking skills.

I like what I see so far. This is the only chess site that I will consider paying for. I am a novice and need a sympathetic community as I learn the game. A competing site which I won’t name is a bit overcrowded for my taste.

It’s fast and responsive. Recent updates are great! The share game feature is welcomed! Would like a tournament menu, but other than that, solid app.

Love ChessatICCplaylearn! Great interface! Never much of a wait time to play. It's really the only one I use for online play.
But, ChessatICCplaylearn needs more chess board colors. How about green & buff!

Really nice, clean revamp and relaunch for ICC. This is really promising—some of the other sites have lost focus of what made a good chess app, so this is encouraging. Excited to see what is next.

EDIT: Could we please get landscape mode on tablet and a few more theme choices? These would be my top two items. Keep up the good work!