Published by Michael Adams on 2024-09-06
Diamond Chess Online Overview
What is Diamond Chess Online? Diamond Chess is a chess app that allows users to play chess online at FICS or ICC, play the Pulsar Chess Engine on or offline with chess and variants like Chess960 with levels, and use the Explorer with an opening tree book based on 345k over the board games and analysis which also works offline. The app has an accessible chess board to use with Voice Over for the visually impaired. Members on both FICS and ICC can join channels and chat with chess players online in the Diamond Chess's Main View by tapping the Channels button. The app also features engine analysis with one click when observing a chess game or examining one.
1. Play chess online at FICS or ICC, play the Pulsar Chess Engine on or offline with chess and variants like Chess960 with levels, and use the Explorer with an opening tree book based on 345k over the board games and analysis which also works offline.
2. FICS is the original Free Internet Chess Server, and a sign up link is given in the console when connecting to both servers as a guest as a resource if a user wants to play rated or chat.
3. Members on both FICS and ICC can join channels and chat with chess players online in the Diamond Chess's Main View by tapping the Channels button.
4. Diamond has chess and the server's variants such as Chess960, a form of shuffle chess known as wild fr on FICS, Crazyhouse, Losers, Atomic Chess, and Giveaway or Suicide Chess.
5. The Diamond Chess board features engine analysis with one click when observing a chess game or examining one, such as when going to Actions - Examine last game.
6. The On-Board chess program with difficulty levels available on and offline plays Chess, Chess960, a form of shuffle chess, and variants such as Crazyhouse, Losers and Atomic Chess.
7. FICS is non profit and ICC has a trial or free level, but with the ICC trial 50 chess videos can be watched in-app.
8. FICS, the Free Internet Chess Server, is entirely free.
9. The Explorer Tab which works offline or online with certain restrictions while playing, offers an Opening Tree based on 345K over the board games were both players are rated over 2300.
10. There are 10 PGN game collections available in app that include Morphy 1858, Fischer’s best games, a Capablanca and Kasparov collection, and a range of game collections from classical too modern to be viewed with the opening book and analysis, on and offline.
11. ICC, the Internet Chess Club, has free levels and free guest access.
Download and Install Diamond Chess Online - PC
Download for PC - server 1 -->Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.7 or later.
Compactible OS list:Yes. The app is 100 percent (100%) safe to download and Install. Our download links are from safe sources and are frequently virus scanned to protect you
Too complex , definitely not user-friendly, and poor support, if any
First of all you have to meet all the help files in order to get a game rather than having simple commands as part of the interface to obtain a game. I’ve tried four times to get a game as a guest and each time when someone responded it was immediately aborted. The server window gave two different sources to contact for help via a tell. This was at about 11 AM central time; So there should’ve been someone “on duty” Both help sources were not available, to answer my question why were my games aborted. And when I did put it in the command to find out how many people were seeking games, there were only three. Clearly this is not a popular interface... Don’t bother with this interface unless you have a lot of time to figure it out... moreover there doesn’t seem to be help responders available... not sure if I can give this app zero stars so I just give it one
Takes some getting used to...
Takes some getting used to, but once you get it configured it is not bad. Under settings set queen promote to off or you will regret it, ought to be the default, no idea what they were thinking. while there maybe set slide pieces to on. This app has some bugs so don’t be surprised.
Too confusing
For experienced FICS or ICC users this app may make sense but I found it confusing looking at a Linux screen and then having to figure out how to set up a game. After developer’s response I took a second look and updated my rating from 1 to 3 stars.
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