Rookmere: Chess vs Computer

Play full-rules chess against a four-level computer rival or a friend, offline.

Rookmere is a calm, classic chessboard for your pocket. Warm wooden squares, crisp black and white pieces, and a rival called The Warden who is always ready for one more game. No sign-up, no network, no waiting for an opponent.

How to play:

1. Tap New game and choose your opponent: The Warden or a friend on the same phone.
2. Pick The Warden's level from 1 to 4 and your side: White, Black or Random.
3. Tap one of your pieces. Its legal moves light up as dots on the board.
4. Tap a highlighted square to move. The last move stays framed so you never lose track.
5. Checkmate your opponent's king to win, or settle for a draw when the position calls for it.

Features:

• Full chess rules: castling on both sides, en passant, promotion to any piece, check, checkmate and stalemate
• Automatic draws by the 50-move rule, threefold repetition and insufficient material
• The Warden, a computer rival with four levels, from relaxed first steps to a careful thinker
• Pass-and-play mode for two players on one device, with a draw offer the other player can accept
• Undo for when a finger slips, and a Hint that frames a recommended move
• Flip the board at any time
• Moves list in standard chess notation for the current game
• Resign or offer a draw whenever you like
• Game history with a full replay: step through every move of every finished game
• Your record against The Warden: wins, losses and draws
• Unfinished games are saved after every move, so you can continue exactly where you stopped
• Built-in guide to how every piece moves, castling, en passant, promotion and draws

Progress:

Start at level 1 to learn the shapes of the pieces, then climb to level 4 as your openings and endgames grow sharper. Every finished game lands in your history, ready to replay and study, and your record against The Warden shows how far you have come.

Offline and private:

Rookmere works fully offline. There are no accounts, no ads and no data collection. Your games and statistics stay on your device, and you can clear them at any time in Settings.

Set up the board and make your first move.

The app

Platform

Android · com.thomasrobinson.rookmere