# ChessBook Reader — Chessbooks, read & analyze

> Chessbooks, read & analyze (iPhone/iPad app by Vu-Hung Quan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chessbook-reader/id6782721529 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vu-Hung Quan](https://appshunter.io/developer/6781876708)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 133 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-13
- Data updated: 2026-09-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chessbook-reader/id6782721529/reviews.md

## What is ChessBook Reader?

ChessBook Reader — your chess library, brought to life

Turn any chess book into an interactive study session. ChessBook Reader opens your PDF and EPUB chess books, recognizes the diagrams and move notation on the page, and lets you replay every game and variation on a real, interactive board — right beside the text.

Whether you're working through a classic opening manual, an endgame treatise, or an annotated games collection, you'll never lose your place between the printed board and the moves again.

WHY CHESSBOOK READER

• Read PDF and EPUB chess books in a clean, distraction-free reader
• Automatically recognizes board diagrams from the page
• Understands chess notation — including older English descriptive notation (P-K4, Kt-QB3, PxP, Castles)
• Tap through the moves and watch them play out on an interactive board
• Built-in scanning: turn a paper book into a readable, playable file
• Works fully offline — your books stay on your device
• Sync moves live to a Chessnut Move board, or play out any position against the built-in chess engine

FOR EVERY CHESS READER

From beginners following their first opening book to club players studying classic masters, ChessBook Reader bridges the gap between reading about chess and actually playing through it.

Chessnut Move board sync and Play vs Computer are free to try — 5 sessions total, shared between them. After that, a one-time Pro Unlock keeps both available for good, on every device you sign in on.

Download ChessBook Reader and rediscover the chess books on your shelf.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.1.0 — 2026-09-11

New: Chessnut Move board sync and Play vs Computer now come with 5 free sessions to try. Enjoyed them? A one-time Pro Unlock keeps both available for good. Also: retrained the diagram recognition model for more accurate board detection from book scans.

### 1.4.15 — 2026-08-20

Icon and visual store change

### 1.4.10 — 2026-07-13

No release notes.

## Related topics

[chessbook pgn library](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/chessbook-pgn-library)

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