Comments on: iPhone App Review: Caissa Chess Versus Chess Classic

By: Chess Fan

Chess Fan — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:38:00 +0000

What happened to this app? I can’t find it but Caissa looks nicer than what’s up there now.

By: onyx chess set

onyx chess set — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:36:00 +0000

I think Caissa is more powerful. I have played both the games.

By: adsl viettel

adsl viettel — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:42:13 +0000

What I can say is very amazing , nice and helpful as well as informative post…really help me very much more!! Thanks..

By: ADSL Viettel

ADSL Viettel — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:48:00 +0000

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Thanks so much…

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By: bioffe

bioffe — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:26:49 +0000

Can I send you code for Caissa Pro. I think you review was the best and I would love you to have newer version. It is compatible with 3.0 which opens the whole world of opportunities for us. Please let me know where I can send you the gift code.

By: bioffe

bioffe — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:23:39 +0000

how did you measure the strength of your engine ? :)

By: bioffe

bioffe — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:17:25 +0000

Yes. it is. We released Caissa Chess Pro few days ago. Funny how other people claim their software does that others don't. Hehehe. Even today, Caissa is light years ahead. Caissa pro has strongest engine(if you don't mind to wait, it calculates next move while you think by predicting what you would do). We have 76 chess compositions, 2010 chess opeinings, PGN export, play by email feature, puzzle solver, custom board editor, very slick UI and contemporary graphics. At least 2 Grandmaster and a President of East Europe country enjoy it casually.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:22:17 +0000

If you're interested in iPhone chess, my new game “tChess Pro” just went up on the App Store.

It's over 380 ELO points stronger than Caissa Chess, it has special features for beginners, and it's the only iPhone chess program that can be used for chess analysis.

By: AlexP

AlexP — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:58:37 +0000

Thank you for review.
Really interesting.

Is it possible to set your own position in Caissa?

By: cyberneo

cyberneo — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:18:18 +0000

Try the new game called Chess Pro on the App Store from 99Games Online. It too has multiple levels, has a few interesting variants not found in other App Store versions and costs a decent $3.99

By: menoob

menoob — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:28:44 +0000

I really love Caissa Chess and it's always fun to play these puzzles, so thanks for the link! You got yourself a winner bioffe!

Looking forward to the next versions! :-)

By: bioffe

bioffe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:40:17 +0000

This review made my day. There is imposed limit for thinking at level 14, it does not think for more than 10 sec or it doesn't ponder while you thinking (to preserve your battery life). I don't know if you noticed, but caissa hardly affects your battery life even if you playing hours. Caissa knows about 2500 chess openings in its database and changes its strategy based on previous results. It has self improving algorithm that collects statistics and prevents from repeating once made mistakes.

"Drag and drop" with offset was designed for one hand operation(if you ride NYC subway like me you'd love it). The trick is to hold your phone and operate with thumb. Classic chess was ported from a different platform, and Caissa is native to the platform. Hence the difference in size 72 vs 1.6 MB. They need to run virtual machine that is capable running iphone 5.5G soft on iphone.
In version 2.1.1 games can be exported to PGN and chess players can play against their opponents via email. Few more features are shaping as we speak.
Loyal readers of this blog will have exclusive sneap peak preview of our online chess puzzle site:

http://ioffe.dev-hda.com/cgi-bin/caissa/allpuzz...

//use mobilesafari.app to load puzzles into Caissa.

Regards,
-B