Matewawe

A beautiful, open-source chess app for Android.

Play chess against AI, solve chess puzzles, learn and practice chess openings, or play local multiplayer games with friends over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi/LAN.

Features

• 🤖 AI opponent with adjustable difficulty
• 🧩 Chess puzzles and tactical training
• 📖 Chess openings — learn and practice opening lines
• ♟️ Opening practice for different variations and move sequences
• 📶 Local multiplayer over Bluetooth/LAN
• 👥 Nearby player discovery over local Wi-Fi
• 🌙 Dark theme
• 🌍 English, Russian, German, Japanese, Lithuanian and Chinese
• 🔓 100% open source

Screenshots

Installation

1. Download the APK for the version you want from releases/.
2. On your Android device, allow installs from unknown sources for the app you use to open the file (Settings → Apps → Special access → Install unknown apps).
3. Open the downloaded .apk file and confirm the install.

Or via adb:

adb install releases/Matewawe-v1.0.42.apk

Verifying a download

Compare the SHA-256 checksum against the value listed in CHANGELOG.md:

sha256sum releases/Matewawe-v1.0.42.apk

Repository structure

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├── releases/           # Versioned APK builds (Matewawe-vX.Y.Z.apk)
├── assets/              # Icon and README images
│   └── screenshots/     # App screenshots
├── CHANGELOG.md         # Per-version build dates, sizes and checksums
├── LICENSE              # GNU GPLv3
└── README.md

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.