Forward Chess - Book Reader v2.18.4

Forward Chess

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About this app

Developer Description

Forward Chess is like having a book and a chessboard in the palm of your hand!

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!

What's New

* Minor bug fix where text markups would not reliably show up.

In-app purchases

$0.99 - $99.99 per item

Version Information

Version: 2.18.4
Downloads: 100K+
Updated on: Nov 20, 2025
Released: Aug 15, 2013
Requires: Android 5.0

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Forward Chess - Book Reader users say on Google Play

★★★★★

A Google user

This is the best way to study chess books. As you play through the lines in games/ problems, the program can instantly return you to the point in the game where the line began. (I can almost never remember where the pieces were at the start of a line, which was very aggravating and time consuming. ) The only shortcoming here is that not all chess books are available in this format.

★★★★

j ruffin

Fantastic app!!! Wish I could use a highlighter within it

★★★

Joseph Dumontelle

I can get the app on my Windows 7 computer, but it doesn't work on my Android 4.1.3 tablet...it doesn't even install!

★★

Chang Cheng Hwee

After latest update cannot purchase any new books. Using Samsung S10+

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Great Angelo

The biggest problem with this app is you cannot use books that you already have on your phone. There is no option to go to a folder on your device. It is not a reader per say as much as it is an app specifically designed to sell books. Books that I have already purchased and are on my phone don't seem to show up anywhere within the app. If I'm wrong let me know. If I have to purchase it first before I have an opportunity to load in one of my own books then I think it's pretty dishonest of you.