Jeremy Zay

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Zaychess

A chess app built to feel good to play

Mac App Store (opens in a new tab) Support
01

Start fast

The home screen puts every mode one click away: Local Game, ZayBot, Load Game and Multiplayer.

Zaychess home screen with Local Game, ZayBot, Load Game and Multiplayer
02

Drag and drop

Move pieces directly on the board. Legal destinations are highlighted as you drag.

A pawn being dragged on the Zaychess board, its legal squares highlighted
03

Match setup

Before a ZayBot match, pick the difficulty on a slider; the aggressiveness for that level is shown as you move it.

Choosing ZayBot's difficulty level, with its aggressiveness shown
04

Resume a saved game

When reopening a saved game, continue against another player or hand the other side to the AI.

The resume prompt: continue a saved game against a human or the AI
05

Online matchmaking

Queue for an online game through the relay server; the waiting screen lets you cancel at any time.

The multiplayer waiting screen while matchmaking

Three ways to play, and every game kept.

  1. 01

    ZayBot and Serendipity

    An AI opponent across 11 difficulty levels, its lower levels biased in style from passive to hyper-aggressive.

  2. 02

    Local and online play

    Face to face on one Mac with automatic board flipping, or online through the relay server's matchmaking.

  3. 03

    Portable sessions

    Save games to .chesslog files, load them later, and undo or redo with AI-aware reconstruction.

Platform
macOS 12.0+
Version
1.2
Distribution
Mac App Store
Saved games
.chesslog
Data
No account, no tracking