[2] Released in November 2008[3] and published by Zynga, the game is available on iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) and, since 2014, Android.

Paul Bettner, a Zynga with Friends founder, was quoted as saying, “So in August of 2008, we left Ensemble, bought some MacBooks and started working out of our local public library.

A few months later, we put Chess with Friends on the App Store.”[3] In October 2023 Zynga announced the platform would close in November 2023.

Chess with Friends was a freemium game, meaning there is no cost to play, but players had the option of purchasing premium content.

Default Time - options range from 1 to 14 days for each move.