Rival Chess - Offline Chess

Rival Chess — Free Offline Chess with Adjustable Difficulty

Play chess against the Rival chess engine on your phone — no signup, no pop-up ads, no internet required. From "just learning" to "give me a real fight," Rival Chess scales to your level.

Features

• 100% offline — no account, no tracking, no pop-up ads

• 30 difficulty levels — from gentle teacher to brutal opponent

• Play modes: Rival vs You, You vs Rival, Human vs Human, Rival vs Rival (watch the engine play itself)

• 20 piece sets and 30 board styles — from classic Staunton on wood to neon high-contrast

• Game analysis — step move-by-move through any saved game with engine evaluation

• Save and resume games — keep multiple games on the go at once

• PGN export — share or import your games with any chess app or website

• Show legal moves, last-move highlighting, coordinates, custom animation speed, optional haptic feedback

• Light, dark, and system themes.

Whether you're learning the game, training your tactics, or just looking for a quick match on the bus, Rival Chess gives you a real opponent that fits in your pocket.

Fully featured. Free. Forever.

Recent changes:
Improved board preference selection
Animation speed preference
Haptics option on piece touch
Crosshair opacity preference
Maintenance release for board in general.
Crash fix for older Android phones.
Animation fix.
UI Tweaks
+6 new elite level opponents. (Royal Purple)