Chess Mela
Play. Compete. Improve. Anywhere.
A beautiful, fully offline chess app with a built-in coach: play vs AI across 4 difficulty levels or challenge a friend in Pass & Play, solve daily puzzles, train with chess clocks, and review your games with Coach Review and shareable Game Story cards — with complete English and Hindi interface support.
App Summary
- ✔ 100% Offline Playable Play complete games without internet. No accounts, no ads, and zero telemetry.
- ✔ 4 AI Levels & Handicap Games Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert tiers, plus piece-odds handicap matches.
- ✔ Coach Review & Game Story Per-move blunder/mistake classification, engine hints, and shareable turning-point cards.
- ✔ Daily Puzzles & Streaks Daily tactical challenges, streak tracking, and an optional local reminder on device.
- ✔ Pass & Play, PGN & Clocks 2-player local matches, Bullet/Blitz/Rapid clocks, SAN move logs, and PGN export/import.
- 🔒 App Privacy Policy Chess Mela is an offline-first chess app. We collect no personal data. Everythin...
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Designed for Chess & Game Lovers
Core Capabilities
Engineered for Pure Strategy
♘ Challenge Smart AI
Play against a custom Kotlin bitboard engine featuring alpha-beta search, quiescence search, and piece-square tables across 4 difficulty tiers: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. Start instantly with Quick Match.
🧠 Coach Review & Game Story
Learn from every move. Coach Review flags blunders, mistakes, and inaccuracies with the engine's better moves and Pro explanations. Generate shareable Game Story cards highlighting match turning points.
🧩 Daily Puzzles & Streaks
Sharpen tactical recognition with handcrafted daily chess puzzles and themed puzzle packs. Track your solve rate and daily streaks, complete with an optional local on-device reminder.
👥 Pass & Play & Handicap Games
Turn your phone into a digital chessboard for 2 players with tap-to-move or drag-and-drop piece controls and 180° board flip. Practice handicap/odds matches where the AI starts without a piece.
♕ Integrated Clocks & FIDE Rules
Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, and Classical presets plus custom time controls and Fischer increment in Pro. Full FIDE rules: castling, en passant, promotions, checkmate, stalemate, 50-move rule, and threefold repetition.
🎨 Local Elo, PGN & 9 Themes
Track your offline Elo rating and records vs each AI level. Export and import games in standard PGN format. Choose from 3 free themes and 6 Pro themes (Marble, Midnight, Sakura, Neon, Diwali, Holi).
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What Chess Mela Does & Does Not Do
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Chess Mela? +
Chess Mela is an offline-first chess app for Android with a built-in coach. It features 4 AI difficulty levels, 2-player Pass & Play, handicap games, daily puzzles with streaks, game history with PGN export/import, shareable Game Story cards, and complete English and Hindi UI localization.
Does Chess Mela require an internet connection? +
No. Chess Mela is fully playable offline. All gameplay, engine calculations, coach analysis, daily puzzles, and history stay on your device. Internet access is only utilized if you choose to unlock Chess Mela Pro via Google Play Billing.
What AI difficulty levels and engine are available? +
Chess Mela runs a custom Kotlin bitboard engine with Kindergarten slider attacks, alpha-beta search, quiescence search, and piece-square tables across 4 difficulty levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. You can also play handicap/odds games where the AI starts without a pawn, knight, rook, or queen.
Can two people play on the same device? +
Yes. Pass & Play mode turns your Android device into a digital chessboard for two players, featuring tap-to-move or drag-and-drop piece controls, automatic board rotation, and legal move highlights.
What coaching and game review features are included? +
Coach Review analyzes your games move-by-move, classifying blunders, mistakes, and inaccuracies while suggesting the engine's better moves and detailed tactical explanations (Pro). You can also view full-game evaluation graphs (Pro) and generate shareable Game Story cards highlighting key turning points.
Which chess clocks and time controls are supported? +
Chess Mela includes quick time control presets spanning Bullet (1+0, 2+1), Blitz (3+2, 5+0, 5+3), Rapid (10+0, 10+5, 15+10), Classical (30+0), Unlimited mode, and custom minutes/increment settings in Pro.
Does Chess Mela contain ads or collect personal data? +
No. Chess Mela contains zero advertisements, zero tracking SDKs, zero analytics libraries, and requires no user account or login. All game records, ratings, and settings stay in local private storage on your device.
What is included in Chess Mela Pro? +
Chess Mela Pro is an optional one-time, non-consumable purchase (no subscriptions, no ads). It unlocks all themed puzzle packs, full coach explanations, evaluation graph, PGN export/share, handicap games, custom time controls, and 6 premium themes (Marble, Midnight, Sakura, Neon, Diwali, Holi). All core chess features, all 4 AI tiers, Pass & Play, and daily puzzles remain free forever.
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