Today we play chess or, for those who find chess too difficult, checkers, which is always a must for board games. Obviously we play digitally, which can be less quality than the real game with a board and pieces of wood, but which remains a great pastime, especially if you are away from home or forced to do it in front of the computer.
Chess and checkers games online, on smartphones and on PC can be played against the computer or, more pleasantly, against another person who may also be on the other side of the world.
Below we see the best Chess and Checkers games to play on iPhone and iPad, Android smartphones and tablets and via the web from the computer .
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Free Chess Games
1) Zynga's Chess With Friends is the most played chess game in the world, free, for iPhone, iPad and Android.
The game connects to Facebook and allows you to play with strangers or even with friends, in one-on-one challenges.
Then there are the rankings, the statistics, the possibility of reviewing the moves and a game can also last for several days without having to close it once it has started.
2) Chess play and learn is the game of the Chess.com site, available for Android and iPhone for free.
You can play games against the computer or even challenge other people in online games.
As the title suggests, the game also provides tutorials, videos, and lessons for winning Chess games.
2) Chess is the most popular game ever on the Playstore, only for Android smartphones and tablets.
In this case the game is decidedly smarter and is played against the computer with various difficulty levels and artificial intelligence that will not let any distraction pass.
3) Free Chess is the best game for iPhone and iPad, always to be played against the computer.
4) To play Chess via the web on your PC, whatever it is (Windows, Linux or Mac) against other players around the world there is Multiplayer Chess a Kongregate flash game, without registration.
5) Chess is also one of the most popular games on Facebook, with Chess FB, to play for free online against other players in multiplayer games.
6) GameKnot is an international chess site where you can play against other players or against the computer.
It requires the registration of an account and you can decide how long to last a game.
7) Skillgameboard is a site that allows you to play many of the most famous online board games, including Chess and Checkers.
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Free Checkers games
Checkers can be played on iPhone and Android with Checkers Elite (iPhone - Android) and Checkers (iPhone - Android) which are beautiful, but follow the English rules where pedestrians can also eat Checkers.
To play the Italian Checkers you can play Checkers Treagles which is both on Facebook and on Android and iPhone.
The Italian Checkers X for iPhone and Checkers for Android are also good.
Checkers can be played online without registering and registering an account, freely, on the usual Kongregate site, in the Flash version of Multiplayer Checkers .
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