ChessDB app for iPhone and iPad
ChessDB is an application that allows you to view millions of chess games -- all on your iPhone or iPod Touch. ChessDB is a database to hold your chess games on your device.
ChessDB comes with:
Ability to download your databases to your iPhone or iPod.
Tactical puzzles and model games in the Short Brilliancies and Blue Knights databases
Games from Anand, Capablanca, Kasparov, Morphy, Staunton, and other notable masters.
Openings databases, including ones for the Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez, and Sicillian.
Complete games from classic tournaments and world championships, from the US Chess Congress in 1857 to the Linares Tournament in 2009.
With ChessDB, you no longer need to carry your laptop to be able to view hundreds of thousands of games or practice your favorite tactics.
Thank you to Richard Shorman for compiling the Blue Knights database, a collection of 43 model games for improving ones chess.
For buyers who have more questions about how to download databases, convert databases, etc., click on the "ChessDB Support" link.
Pros and cons of ChessDB app for iPhone and iPad
ChessDB app good for
The user interface takes unique advantage of the touch screen of the iPhone/iPod Touch. With this program, I find it easier to make moves and follow a classic game than I do on my laptop. Quite an achievement!
I bought all the other chess database. This is the best so far but not perfect. The board color is somewhat busy. Can we please have option for plain color? Can you please provide manual on how to load games from your pc?
Large database, including many very significant games. Excellent for playing through classics some key classic games. Havent tried to load my own games, so I cant yet speak to that. Only problem is that I could not open the Kasprov database.
An amazing app for enthusiasts for entertainment and to take your game to the next level. Really well conceived software.
Ive been waiting for something like this. I also really enjoy the annotated games. Great job! Very instructional
Thanks for adding FEN support. This app is easy to use and very helpful. I can use pgns with puzzles. Lessons included are also very helpful.
I have one suggestion - if possible save the current file, game and move on exit. Load that position when app is started again.
Also show game number when listing games in the pgn so it can be searched quickly.
Some bad moments
Simple clean interface, and the provided databases arent bad. Ive verified that I can download a pgn database from another site, although I ran into problems doing with my own databases from my Google and Angelfire sites. That must just be a matter of getting my sites set up right, though.
I ran into a problem when I created an empty database and tried to enter one of my own games. It went okay up to a point, and then wouldnt accept the move input for the next move. Tried it over and over, thinking maybe I wasnt touching the board quite right but no, it just wouldnt work. The moves were 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6, only it wouldnt accept 12. exf6. It would accept some other moves, so looks like a bug somewhere.
Good content, but entering your own games is a problem. I spent the time and entered 10 or so games and then 2 days later they were not viewable. They were still there, you just couldnt view them. Ive tried this app a couple of different times over a period of years and this as always been an issue. Obviously the developer does not plan to ever fix the problem. Its a shame, could be really good.
This is a great database program with interesting games but the software crashes frequently and has many other glitches. The developer should update it. Until this happens, stay away.
The annotation feature does not work on iPhone 5s. Still, its a good app if you enjoy watching classic games.
This used to be great. I tried it on my iPhone6+ and the annotations dont work. I see others saying the dont work on the 5 models either. When the annotation lightbulb pops up, if you choose it the entire app freezes. This desperately needs fixing.
