Chess with Friends

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Chess with Friends
Chess With Friends Logo.jpg
Developer(s) Zynga
Platform(s) iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), Android
Genre(s) chess game
Mode(s) multiplayer

Chess with Friends was a multiplayer asynchronous chess game developed by Zynga with Friends (formerly Newtoy, Inc.), which also developed Words with Friends and Hanging with Friends . [1] It was one of the first iPhone games to take an asynchronous approach to multiplayer. [2] Released in November 2008 [3] and published by Zynga, the game is available on iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) and, since 2014, Android.

Paul Bettner, a Zynga with Friends founder, was quoted as saying, “So in August of 2008, we left Ensemble, bought some MacBooks and started working out of our local public library. A few months later, we put Chess with Friends on the App Store.” [3]

Bettner described Chess with Friends as "like text messaging meets gaming." [4]

In October 2023 Zynga announced the platform would close in November 2023.

Chess with Friends was a freemium game, meaning there is no cost to play, but players had the option of purchasing premium content. Play a Friend (via link) - for players to quickly play someone from their friend list.

Default Time - options range from 1 to 14 days for each move. Game lies between 1 and 10-minute as per move default settings (for new users).

References

  1. Ryan Kim, Zynga Grabs Words with Friends Builder for Mobile Expansion Archived 2011-12-07 at the Wayback Machine , GigaOM, 2 December 2010.
  2. Stuart Dredge, Newtoy bringing asynchronous chess to iPhone Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , Pocket Gamer.
  3. 1 2 Ryan Rigney, The Origins of Words with Friends, GamePro, 3 November 2010.
  4. Snow, Jean (2008-11-14). "Halo Wars Devs Form iPhone Game Studio". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2025-08-19.