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Chess Openings by ChessOpenings.com app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 7280 ratings )
Games Education Board Educational
Developer: Dereque Kelley
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.9, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 31 Jan 2013
App size: 128.27 Mb

Companion app for ChessOpenings.com

Check out video explanations for all the major chess openings from national master Dereque Kelley. There are 10 hours of the video lectures.

On the opening book page you can find win/draw statistics for 250,000 positions across over 3,000,000 games.

You can now add notes to any position and access them through notes hub.

This is an universal app. Buy it once and it runs across iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, with custom page layouts taking advantage of the large screen.

Videos can be streamed to your device, or you can download them and watch them while offline. (Press and hold video tile to manage a particular video).

Pros and cons of Chess Openings by ChessOpenings.com app for iPhone and iPad

Chess Openings by ChessOpenings.com app good for

I love the opening explanations by Dereque Kelley. The best out there!
This is a very intuitive and useful app for players who want to improve and learn new openings. Good alternative to books for intermediate players.
Great information on many popular openings! Informative and entertaining videos plus an opening book explorer.
This is very helpful, Im learning a lot about chess openings and the strategies on how to be successful.
Very good app for the price and has a very extensive database of openings. Kelley is very enthusiastic in the videos and doesnt put me to sleep like some other guys that do videos on YouTube. The only thing that I would fix really is the search engine. I think the engine should have a way to sort by section. For example when I search Sicilian defense, it only shows me a few of the variations and some repeats. The only way to find a specific variation is if you typed the specific section number or the name of the variation. Or categorize each major opening and have sub categories for each variation under them. Otherwise excellent app and cant beat it for the price. Would recommend it to all players beginner,club and masters
I was hesitant to purchase this app, but hands down the best purchase Ive ever made on the App Store. The apps creator did an excellent job with this one. Highly recommend if you want to improve your opening positions.

Some bad moments

I really like the videos offered with this app, helped me learn some good Openings. Easy to navigate and find what I need. The app has been improving since newer updates. App ran sluggish before, but is running smoother. I have a iPhone 4 so this matters a lot for my hardware. The opening book chess book needs navigational keys like play button, rewind and forward. Its a little hard to move through piece moves. I am sure this isnt much of a problem with a iPad. Other than minor things, this is a really good App to have to learn openings. The videos are well worth it.
Im so glad I found this app! Its great for learning the basics of a variety of openings. The videos are very well produced and the instruction is easy to follow. Its also an amazing value!
The videos are a great straightforward entry into various openings. A good starting point. The opening book is fairly easy to use. Nothing fancy but its only $2.
No sound- rendered useless. Other than that, before I found that problem, insightful. He brings us concepts that are key to understanding openings. Which, in the long run, is a nice push for intermediate or beginner players, who are starting to study opening theory, to begin reviewing opening ideas. But unfortunately, I have to rate this app 1 star. A lot of effort is put into these videos, but to show how much effort the developer put into these videos, we, the audience, have to be able to hear your lectures. I own an iPad 4 and previous comments have also been experiencing similar problems with previous listed Apple generations. I ask you, please fix this bug and I will immediately change my rating to its (the apps) rightful rating.
I am a relative beginner and this site is really helped me gain a grasp of opening theory and sequence. I cannot thank you guys enough for offering this wonderful resource.
This is an outstanding app!!!! Exactly what I hoped it would be. Great UI!! Definitely 5 stars, would give 10 stars if I could.

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