Pure Chess was announced for Wii U during an August 2013 Nintendo Direct for the PAL region.

[9] On September 9, 2016, Pure Chess: Grandmaster Edition was made available for the Xbox One[10] and PC using Steam.

[15][17] IGN's Colin Moriarty wrote that the game's "single-player offerings challenge gamers with a variety of options that will please chess nuts, especially for its relatively low price, but added that "Pure Chess has completely unacceptable online functionality that's flagrantly clumsy and lazily executed.

"[15] Mike Rose of Pocket Gamer gave the PS Vita version of Pure Chess 3.5 out 5 stars.

Rose opined that "The single-player component of Pure Chess is solid, though there are peripheral niggles," noting issues with its touch controls and camera movement.