Chess Openings Wizard is a board app developed by Bookup Chess.
How many times has Chess Openings Wizard been downloaded?
Chess Openings Wizard has been downloaded 1.3 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 6 times.
What is the rating of Chess Openings Wizard?
Chess Openings Wizard is rated 3.79 out of 5 stars, based on 40 ratings.
Is Chess Openings Wizard free?
Chess Openings Wizard costs $7.99 to download. The APK download size is 118.57 MB. The latest version available is Chess Openings Wizard build 90. The last update was on March 28, 2026.
What are the requirements for Chess Openings Wizard?
Chess Openings Wizard requires Android 6.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2018.
Description
This app is ONLY for players preparing openings, reviewing endings, composing tactics for review.
Chess Openings Wizard uses the PocketGM chess engine server which runs Stockfish 16.1 on a fast server in the cloud. (Internet access is required.)
This is a companion app to the Macintosh and Windows versions and it has full editing power. Your openings can be moved back and forth to the Macintosh, Windows, and iPad versions using a free Dropbox or Google Drive account.
Chess Openings Wizard is meant for designing your openings for White and designing your defenses for Black. It then tests your knowledge of the lines by playing mock games against you. It makes you repeat positions where you play an incorrect move. It warns you if you have made a mistake previously.
It has sample ebooks including the White and Black repertoires of Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana, Kasparov, and Fischer.
But the most important ebook is the one you make for yourself out of your own opening repertoire.
The short version is: if you are designing your openings with a game database or with a playing program, you're working too hard.
Chess Openings Wizard contains 40 years of refinements (based on the original Bookup program, first released in 1984), with every power tool that a serious tournament player requires to prepare openings fast.
You get support directly from the programmer, Mike Leahy. Contact him via email or in the Bookup experts forum.
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It works great for refreshing my memory of different opening lines. The choice of Dropbox or Google Drive has been helpful for storing opening books.
★★★★★Shadowside· Dec 24, 2018
A great chess app. The interface still needs a little polishing, but this is the Desktop version of Chess Opening Wizard, with all the key learning functionality maintained. Quite a feat of programming. Well done Mike!
★★★★★Gary Ray· Dec 24, 2018
I've used the desktop version of Chess Openings Wizard for years, and was a beta-tester for this version. It is so convenient to have all my opening books on my tablet and phone and be able to use COW to do my opening prep on the train to work or any time that I am standing in a line.
★★★★☆Nik Puppeted· Jan 17, 2022
Thanks for the quick response, a wonderful program for wonderful people work on it. The program is working fine, but we need color square and color arrow to show idea behind every move and overall plan, it's make a big difference Thanks
★★★★★pavan gupta· Jan 11, 2023
Best Chess for Opening. Latest update very useful. Plz do more update 🙂🙏 Thanks for update. All of us wating for 2023's update
★☆☆☆☆Ahmed KADAOUI· Oct 3, 2020
Good app. But unfortunately, I cannot open the app since the Android 11 update. Even after reinstalling the app, restarting my phone, etc.
★☆☆☆☆f philip haase· Dec 23, 2018
This app is fall from the desktop app. There is no database conversion, PGN file import, overnight analysis. It's just like any other database. The good stuff's all in the desktop app.
★☆☆☆☆Oscar Olympio· May 18, 2024
I keep getting this information "There is no ebook on this device," and I am unable to play after paying for the app. This is terrible.
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Technologies used by Chess Openings Wizard
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