Checkmate! Tall Chess Lets You Play Chess In The Style Of Letterpress

Tall Chess is touted as "the best chess app." You know what? I may very well be a silly, little fool of a pawn if I came out with a claim to the contrary. In my view, Tall Chess is indeed the best chess app there is. And it's thanks in no small part to the game's utterly delightful "flat" design and Game Center-powered turn-based gameplay, both of which are reminiscent of Letterpress (which is arguably the best iOS word game). Tall Chess has the following key features:

Challenge your friends or an auto-matched opponent with Game Center

Play with beautiful pieces and boards designed specifically for iPhone

Effortlessly review your last move or the entire game with the swipe of a finger

For the chess nerds: export your games in algebraic notation

Up to 58% taller than ordinary chess!

Released just last week, Tall Chess recently received an update that introduced a new feature that lets you swipe down to immediately submit your move while "Tap to undo!" is visible. In addition, the update brings miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes, including a couple that resolve a problem with game exporting and an issue where stalemate is incorrectly called. Optimized for iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 6.0 or later, Tall Chess is available in the App Store for free. Note that with the initial free download, you can participate in only one match at a time. To play multiple matches simultaneously, and on differently colored boards at that, you may upgrade to Tall Chess' full version via a $2.99 in-app purchase. Tall Chess is a creation of Friends of the Web. This Baltimore-based studio also created Wikiweb and Jittergram, and helped develop Photolettering — all of which are great-looking apps as well. [gallery link="file" order="DESC"]