This app contains more than 2000 chess opening variations and you can extend it.
Not recently updated — last update was on 2022-05-24.
This app may no longer be actively maintained.
About Chess Openings
Chess Openings is a books & reference app developed by Pondar.
Download Statistics
Chess Openings has been downloaded 5.3 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2 times.
User Ratings
Chess Openings is rated 4.67 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 86 ratings.
App Information
Chess Openings costs $1.40 to download. The APK download size is 2.23 MB. The latest version available is 1.95. The last update was on May 24, 2022.
Technical Requirements
Chess Openings requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play November 2011.
Description
This app is a virtual chess opening book. It contains more than 2000 opening variations all easily browserable from the opening list.
Besides being an chess opening encyclopedia you can also store your own personal notes concerning any of the more than 2000 variations.
All notation is in algebraic figurine notation. You can also bookmark the variations you are most interested in for faster access later on.
Finally you can share variations and position diagrams by email, sms or social networks with your friends for discussion! Opening lines can also be exported to pgn files.
The opening book can be expanded by adding your own moves as well to the database and as the ONLY chess opening app on Google Play you can backup or transfer your custom moves, notes and bookmarks to other devices (built-in cloud support in the app).
Start to improve your chess opening knowledge today!
IMPORTANT NOTE: This book contains most of the opening variations as defined by ECO codes (which covers more than 2000). It's NOT a comprenhensive list of ALL chess opening theory and ECO (Encyclopedia of Chess Openings) contains both "good" and "bad" opening variations. ECO is the global standard for classification of chess opening variations - it does *NOT* judge quality of openings. Just like the ISBN system of books does not judge quality of normal books. You need to understand standard chess notation for chess moves to be able to use this app.
If you like this app you might be interested in the sister app called "Chess Endings" - search for that on Android market.
Permissions of SD-card read/write is used for storage of temporary position diagrams and pgn files.
Note: the export to pgn file and export to png image feature are only available with android version 2.2 or higher.
Recent changes: updated to support newest android versions.
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Excellent job This app is excellent .you have a nice opening foundation and as you look through lines .if you see you need to add to it .this app allows for it .as we know chess lines do change and this app allows for this and has the new moves you entered in.in a different color, so you know what ones you added as they build up over time.also there is a feature that opened up an app I have to analyze position so if you are tactic checking for some hole in your repertoire this feature is here.fantastic app
★★★★★A Google User· May 3, 2012
Great small program Perfect to brush up on endings .say a pawn or two and a king against similar pieces. A good way to practice.
★★★★★A Google User· Feb 19, 2013
Great app Best app for learning openings and hugely useful and unique in that you can save your own variations. A bargain!
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· Apr 24, 2013
Total Scam This is a total scam. Most of the variations last 4 moves long at the most. Some include 6–7 moves max. Any chess book for intermediate players will have more material than this. When I wrote to Martin Knudsen of Pondar, this is what he wrote back: "I don't care about your opinion. Stop wasting my time. I am blocking your emails now, so don't bother writing back." This app should be taken down as it is a total scam. Chess base has so much more useful material. This app is useless. For egs, Scandinavian - Kiel variation: 1.e4 d5, 2.exd5 Nf6, 3.d4 Nxd5, 4.c4 Nb4, and it ends there. Scandinavian - Icelandic Gambit: 1.e4 d5, 2.exd5 Nf6, 3.c4 e6, and it ends there. This variation is much longer than this. Scandinavian - Andersen counter-attack: 1.e4 d5, 2.exd5 Qxd5, 3. Nc3 Qa5, 4.d4 e5, 5.dxe5 Bb4, 6. Bd2 Nc6, 7. Nf3, and it ends there. Scandinavian - Marshall variation: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5, 3. Nc3 Qa5, 4.b4, and it's over. Alekhine's Defense - Brooklyn defense: 1.e4 Nf6, 2.e5 Ng8, and it's over. 2 move line. Alekhine's Defense - Koch variation: 1.e4 Nf6, 2.e5 Nd5, 3. Bc4 Nb6, 4. Bb3 c5, 5.d3, and that's it. - Spielmann variation: 1.e4 Nf6, 2. Nc3 d5, 3.e5 Nfd7, 4.e6..., end.
★☆☆☆☆· Jan 10, 2012
It's A POS!!!! Lots of openings but bad UI no, no analysis and no features. Don't pay for it.
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· May 22, 2013
Useless app Lists very few moves. This app is a scam. I agree with the Tze-wei Lim about the limitations. Don't buy.
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