Forward Chess - Book Reader

In-app purchases
4.8
1.14K reviews
50K+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this game

Forward Chess is an interactive chess book reader. Read the book, play through book lines, AND try your OWN lines. The embedded Stockfish engine, one of the strongest chess playing engines on the planet, can be invoked at any time to provide an evaluation of the book’s moves or an evaluation of your own variations. Forward Chess is like having a book, a chessboard, and a powerful analysis tool together right in the palm of your hand!

One of the best things about Forward Chess is its ergonomic design. Forward Chess engineers designed easy-to-reach “Previous” and “Next” buttons that allow the user to quickly scroll through moves, and a one-touch snap-to-position feature that allows the user to touch a move and snap to a position. The resizable diagrams are easy on the eyes.

For large-scale navigation, Forward Chess allows the user to jump directly to specific chapters, scroll seamlessly through single chapters, and navigate long trees of variations with ease.

Forward Chess now supports note taking: creation, editing, and deletion. The app also supports multiple bookmarks per book.

Forward Chess currently features books published by the following fine chess publishers: Quality Chess, Chess Stars, Russell Enterprises, Chess Informant, New In Chess, and Mongoose Press.

Dozens of recent titles from these publishers are available inside the Forward Chess bookstore for purchase. A number of free sample books are also available for an immediate “test drive.”

Forward Chess promises to propel your chess training forward to the next level!
Updated on
Oct 15, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

5.0
878 reviews
Gennaro Tedesco
November 16, 2024
After the developer answered my request, I was able to edit the interface to a much more usable state. With new settings the app does look usable and snappy, and it's a great resource to help studying!
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Forward Chess
November 16, 2024
Hello Gannaro, in the App's settings (after opening a book) you will find 4 themes for the reader (Light/Sepia/Dark & even Gray!) For the book text, could you please check if adjusting the "Font size" and "Book margin" in the App's Settings helps? Please do email us with a screenshot at [email protected] Regards, Forward Chess team
Karsten Keese
October 9, 2024
This is just a frontend for publishers to sell books. The software ONLY displays titles that were acquired via it, nothing else; products you bought over the years in common formats (azw, epub, lit, mobi, pdf, ...) are inaccessible. By the same token, titles you do buy via this app cannot be read with other programs on mobile or PC, because there is no conversion from/to their proprietary format. Better use a general reader and buy books in universally accessible formats elsewhere.
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Forward Chess
October 9, 2024
Hello Karsten, With our proprietary format, the books are interactive and you can move between variations and games easily. It also supports AI analysis, Tactics trainer, Guess the move, Board colors etc which is not possible with Kindle or epub/PDF. Please email us at [email protected] if you have any concerns. Regards, Forward Chess team
Carlos H.M.
August 31, 2024
The books on this app are great! I haven't purchased any because the user interface, and the design of the app, are not as polished as I would like. I downloaded a few book samples and i found a few bugs and glitches. I'll wait some time before purchasing books on this app. It's definitely promising!
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Forward Chess
September 2, 2024
Hello Carlos, Sorry that the experience with the samples wasnt very good. Could you please let us know which samples you tried and the bugs/glitches you faced? ([email protected]) Regards, Forward Chess team

What’s new

- Added Dover Publications!
- Some enhancements to profile screen and when the app is restored on a new device
- Some crash fixes