Yalta Chess
Three-player chess. Real rules. Real strategy.
Yalta Chess brings the legendary three-player chess variant to your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Android phone or tablet. Three sectors, ninety-six squares, three armies — all with full Yalta rules: castling, en passant, promotion, and the first-checker rule that decides who wins when the king falls.
Why Yalta Chess
- Authentic three-player engine. Full rules of the Yalta variant, including the first-checker rule, three-fold repetition, and the 50-move draw.
- Five bot difficulty levels. From Beginner, who lets you breathe, to Expert, who calculates up to eight plies ahead.
- Local multiplayer for three. Hot-seat on a single device, or three devices over Wi-Fi with automatic reconnection if someone drops. iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android can play together.
- Native on every Apple device. iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV — including a board cursor you drive from the Siri Remote's touch surface.
- On Android too. Phones and tablets running Android 12 or later: the same engine and bots, hot-seat, and local Wi-Fi games, including with iPhone, iPad, and Mac players. Achievements and leaderboards on Google Play Games.
- Steampunk by design. Wooden hex board, copper accents, careful typography. Built to feel like a heirloom set, not a digital app.
- No ads, no tracking. Nothing leaves your device.
Perfect for
- Chess players curious about variants beyond the classic 8×8
- Groups of three friends or family looking for a real tabletop game on iPad, an Android tablet, or Apple TV
- Anyone discovering the Yalta variant for the first time and wanting a faithful, polished implementation
- Solo players who want a serious three-player AI opponent without internet, Game Center, or Google Play Games
No ads. No tracking.
On iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
On Android phones and tablets
