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'''Chess for Android''', <br/>
written by [[Aart Bik]], is a standalone chess application for [[Android]]. The application is available for free at the Android Market <ref>[https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Aart+Bik Android Market - Apps by Aart Bik]</ref> or as direct download <ref>[http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/DATA/Chess.apk Download Chess for Android]</ref> and consists of a chess engine (a [[Java]] version derived from the [[:Category:UCI Engines|UCI engine]] [[BikJump]] that is written in [[Cpp|C++]]) and a [[GUI]].
=Features=
Games import and export as [[Forsyth-Edwards Notation|FEN]]/[[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] to and from the clipboard, load and save as file, are set up through a position editor, or import as application/x-chess-pgn MIME type on startup. A draw by [[Stalemate|stalemate]], [[Material#InsufficientMaterial|insufficient material]], the [[Fifty-move Rule|fifty move rule]], or [[Repetitions|threefold repetition]] is recognized. The engine plays at various levels (including random, against itself in auto-play, or free-play, where the game can be used as a "magnetic chessboard"). The user can play either side and, independently, view the board from the perspective of white or black.
Since version '''5.6''' , released in February 2018 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66692&start=3 Re: Chess for Android v5.6] by [[Aart Bik]], [[CCC]], February 28, 2018</ref>, Chess for Android supports the [[Sensory Board|electronic chess board]] of the [[Millennium ChessGenius]] <ref>[http://www.aartbik.com/android_millennium.php Connecting Chess for Android with the Millennium] » [[Millennium ChessGenius]]</ref>. Since '''5.7''', Chess for Android can connect to a [[DGT Board]], since '''5.9''' to the [[Certabo Chessboard]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69257 Chess for Android and Electronic ChessBoards] by [[Aart Bik]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2018</ref>.
=Engine Support=
