Answers.Body: <p>The only chess app on my iPhone is <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stockfish</a>, and it has a menu option Game -> Edit position where you can set up your own board. You'd also have to change the Level/Game mode to 'Two player'.</p>
  
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  <p>It's a free app.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Mastersoft makes a <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-pro-ultimate-edition/id561435724" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chess</a> app, with similar modes to Glorfindel’s answer.</p>
  
  <p>I do not remember if it was free. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: @RewanDemontay bizarre i hit share/copy in app store
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Answers.Text: @RewanDemontay tried the old one and youre correct it didnt work... as i said, bizarre
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Body: <p>I'm looking for an iPhone app that will allow me to set up a chess problem and work out its solution.  I've seen apps that present me with a battery of chess problems but don't allow me to set up my own.  I've also seen apps that allow me to play chess starting from the opening position.  But I haven't seen one that will allow me to configure the board as I choose.  Admittedly I haven't tried every existing iPhone app but none of the ones I've looked at allow this.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: @Glorfindel I was under the impression that we weren't supposed to do product recommendations on CSE.
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Comments.Text: Smaller Stack Exchange sites often allow them, if they're reasonably scoped. I'd certainly vote to close a question like "What's the best chess app for Android?". This one is a gray area; I'd leave it open but if the community wants it closed, fine by me.
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Comments.Text: @Brandon_J I would like to see the question left open.  The fact that five others have tagged it as useful in the first few days indicates that it is of interest.  Moreover I didn't regard the answer as a recommendation but rather information about one way to do what I wanted.  I would be quite happy to have received a number different answers and tried them all.
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Title: Looking for an iPhone app for working out chess problems
ThreadText: # Looking for an iPhone app for working out chess problems
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-13)
  
  I'm looking for an iPhone app that will allow me to set up a chess problem and work out its solution. I've seen apps that present me with a battery of chess problems but don't allow me to set up my own. I've also seen apps that allow me to play chess starting from the opening position. But I haven't seen one that will allow me to configure the board as I choose. Admittedly I haven't tried every existing iPhone app but none of the ones I've looked at allow this.
  
  **Tags:** software, problems
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: @username_2 I was under the impression that we weren't supposed to do product recommendations on CSE.  
  > **username_2**: Smaller Stack Exchange sites often allow them, if they're reasonably scoped. I'd certainly vote to close a question like "What's the best chess app for Android?". This one is a gray area; I'd leave it open but if the community wants it closed, fine by me.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 I would like to see the question left open.  The fact that five others have tagged it as useful in the first few days indicates that it is of interest.  Moreover I didn't regard the answer as a recommendation but rather information about one way to do what I wanted.  I would be quite happy to have received a number different answers and tried them all.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-13. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  The only chess app on my iPhone is [Stockfish](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605), and it has a menu option Game -> Edit position where you can set up your own board. You'd also have to change the Level/Game mode to 'Two player'.
  
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  It's a free app.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-14. Score: 1
  
  Mastersoft makes a [Chess](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-pro-ultimate-edition/id561435724) app, with similar modes to username_2’s answer.
  
  I do not remember if it was free.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: @RewanDemontay bizarre i hit share/copy in app store  
  > **username_3**: @RewanDemontay tried the old one and youre correct it didnt work... as i said, bizarre  
  
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