Master chess openings with this app. Import studies, explore with advanced engines, and practice specific lines through repetition. Track your progress and improve your game.
4.3(6 ratings)
Free
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5.0(4 ratings)
$6.99
This app helps tournament chess players prepare their openings by designing and testing their knowledge of specific lines. It offers powerful editing and training tools, syncing with desktop versions and providing Stockfish analysis for move validation. Prepare openings quickly with tools refined over decades.
4.6😐(357 ratings)
$3.99
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Master chess openings with a comprehensive dictionary and analysis of over 2 million Grandmaster games. Test your knowledge with interactive quizzes and analyze positions using a powerful built-in engine.
What We Love
- 📚 Extensive database of grandmaster games (2 million+)
- 🎯 Intuitive opening explorer interface
- 📊 Clear visualization of move statistics and win rates
- 🎮 Easy access to replay master games
- 💡 Practical and pedagogical approach to learning openings
- 📈 Helps understand openings better than traditional methods
- 🎨 Clean, classic chessboard display
- ⚡ Efficient and convenient study tool
- 🔄 PGN export functionality
- ✅ Good organization of openings and variations
Room to Improve
- ⚠️ Limited depth - only covers ~5 moves in most lines
- ❌ Lacks built-in chess engine for analysis
- 😕 Confusing user interface for beginners
- 📖 Insufficient documentation and help instructions
- 🤷 Unclear what statistics and percentages mean
- 💸 Expensive for the features offered
- 🚫 Cannot play own moves in explore mode
- 📱 Text truncation on opening names (iPhone display issue)
- 🔍 Shallow variant coverage and exploration
- ⚙️ Limited features compared to price point
- 🐛 Games fail to load frequently
- 🎯 Not suitable for intermediate/advanced players
- 📵 No landscape mode support on iPad
