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Next Chess Move

By Next Chess Move LLC · iPhone & iPad

4.5 (133)4+$2.99Available now

NCM is a powerful chess calculator that runs Stockfish 19 directly on your device. The app also includes free access to a growing list of engines running on NCM's remote single core CPU hardware: • Stockfish latest official releases and development builds • Lc0 (all official networks and several contrib networks) • Akimbo • Alexandria • Altair • Ar

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About Next Chess Move

Developer description, as provided in the original store listing.

NCM is a powerful chess calculator that runs Stockfish 19 directly on your device. The app also includes free access to a growing list of engines running on NCM's remote single core CPU hardware:

• Stockfish latest official releases and development builds
• Lc0 (all official networks and several contrib networks)
• Akimbo
• Alexandria
• Altair
• Arasan
• Astra
• asmFish
• Avalanche
• Berserk
• Black Marlin
• Booot
• Caissa
• Cinder
• Cfish
• Clover
• Coda
• Combusken
• CorChess
• Counter
• Defenchess
• Demolito
• Devre
• Ethereal
• Fire
• Frozenight
• GNU Chess
• Halogen
• Hobbes
• Horsie
• Igel
• Integral
• Koivisto
• Laser
• Lc0
• Mantissa
• Marvin
• Minic
• Motor
• Nalwald
• Nemorino
• Obsidian
• OpenTal
• Patricia
• Pawn
• Pawnocchio
• Peacekeeper
• PlentyChess
• Quanticade
• Raphael
• Reckless
• Rice
• RubiChess
• Seer
• ShashChess
• Smallbrain
• Starzix
• Stash
• Stockfish
• Stormphrax
• Sunfish
• Tarnished
• Titan
• Triumviratus
• Tucano
• Vajolet2
• Velvet
• Viridithas
• Wasp
• Weiss
• Winter
• Xiphos
• Zahak

The optional NCM Pro in-app purchase provides one year access to powerful hardware and features that significantly enhance the strength of calculations:

• Ryzen 7950X 16 CPU-core servers
• RTX 2080 GPUs for LcZero
• 6-man syzygy tablebases on SSD drives

Good to know.

Developer
Next Chess Move LLC
Release date
Feb 17, 2013
Latest version
5.3.0
Requires
iOS 17.0 or later
Price snapshot
$2.99 USD
Source checked
Oct 23, 2026

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Is Next Chess Move available on iPhone?

Next Chess Move is listed on the US App Store. Availability varies by region and compatible device.

Is Next Chess Move free?

The recorded download price is $2.99. Prices may vary by region and change over time. Source checked Oct 23, 2026.

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