Forward Chess is like having a book and a chessboard in the palm of your hand!
4.50·987 reviews·100,000+ downloads
About Forward Chess - Book Reader
Forward Chess - Book Reader is a board app developed by Forward Chess.
Download Statistics
Forward Chess - Book Reader has been downloaded 110 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 930 times. It is ranked in the top 100 board apps.
User Ratings
Forward Chess - Book Reader is rated 4.50 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 990 ratings.
App Information
Forward Chess - Book Reader is FREE to download. The APK download size is 87.44 MB. The latest version available is 2.19.3. The last update was on June 16, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Forward Chess - Book Reader requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2013.
Description
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!
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Comments on Forward Chess - Book Reader for Android
★★★★★that one kid· Dec 15, 2020
Fantastic app for chess improvement. Would be better if can provide some classical books like John Nunn's Middle game books etc
★★★★★Ashish Kumar· Sep 1, 2021
Sorry Ma'am/sir, I gave bad reviews when I can't see the whole pages, but actually it was my mistake I forgot to see the exercises pages. This is the best app for chess books And best services I got. Thank you so much
★★★★★Benjamin Wiley· Apr 30, 2026
This app should be the future of how to study Chess books. It'amazing, featuring lots of customization and chess-specific functionality that has Kindle BEAT. I love the app, and I love the HUGE selection of books available at WAY better prices than anywhere else. My first book(s) is/are Volumes 1 & 2 of "Akiva Rubinstein: Uncrowned King", and I'm WAY happy I got this edition over the hard copies! Because it costs nothing to try, check it out, and use the free sample to explore all that it does!
★☆☆☆☆Great Angelo· Jan 10, 2024
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 se 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.
★☆☆☆☆Sagun Sangraula· Apr 29, 2020
You need to buy books for this from the app. Only good if you're to purchase.
★☆☆☆☆Karsten Keese· Oct 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.
★☆☆☆☆Tandra Adhikari· Dec 29, 2020
I have bought a book, but it's not downloading!!!! Fix this I wasted so much money and now u guys are not letting me download
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