Checkmate Challenge is coming to the Mac
Every level hides a forced checkmate. Your job is to find it before the clock runs out.
Checkmate Challenge is a 3D chess puzzle game for the Mac. It starts with the classic patterns — the back-rank mate, the smothered mate, the Arabian mate — and works up through 100 levels to Legendary puzzles that ask you to see a mate in four or five.
In the longer puzzles the computer plays the best defence after each of your moves, so only the real solution works. Every puzzle was checked by a chess engine to be a forced mate with exactly one winning first move.
Three ways to play
- Levels. 100 puzzles from beginner to Legendary, plus Endgame Hero levels you play out against the computer.
- Endless. Beat the clock: each solve adds time, and one wrong move ends the run.
- Daily. Three new puzzles every day, with a streak bonus.
Solve quickly to earn three stars. Coins and XP raise your rank from Pawn to King and unlock new boards and avatars. Stuck? A hint shows which piece to move.
Made for the Mac
It plays fully offline, full screen, with mouse and trackpad. There are no ads, no accounts and no tracking; your progress stays on your Mac.
Price
The whole game is free for 24 hours. After that, a one-time $9.99 purchase unlocks it for good, and your progress is kept. No subscription.
