ChessEver: Follow Live Chess
Live tournaments & prep tools
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
My Prep is here. Add any opponent or favorites, get their games from Chess.com, Lichess and the ChessEver database, with stats, a full game list and their opening tree.
ChessEver is the modern, beautifully designed way to follow chess tournaments. Built for serious players, clubs, coaches, and fans who want a clean, fast, and reliable experience while watching live games.
Whether you're following a Candidates event, a weekend open, a national championship, or tracking friends in a local tournament, ChessEver gives you a professional, mobile-first way to stay updated.
Built by Grandmaster Vasif Durarbayli and praised by top players, including world top-100 GM Salem Saleh.
FOLLOW LIVE CHESS
- Follow live tournaments from around the world in real time
- Track your favorite players and get notified when they are playing
- Star events so you never miss the ones you care about
- Switch between several games at once without losing your place
- See which events are live right now in a personalized feed
- Picture-in-Picture board so you can keep watching while you use your phone
NOT ONLY THE TOP EVENTS
Most chess coverage focuses on a handful of elite tournaments. ChessEver covers more of the chess world: open tournaments, junior events, national championships, and norm events. Follow players from your own country and your own club.
PREPARE AND STUDY
- Review games and analyze key positions
- Open and manage PGN files
- Opening Explorer with filtering by player, rating, and result
- Database navigation for serious preparation
- Move from following a live game straight into reviewing and preparing from it
ALSO ON DESKTOP
ChessEver Desktop brings the same live following to a bigger screen with keyboard shortcuts and a proper workflow, plus database and preparation tools. A modern, cross-platform alternative to older chess software, especially welcome for Mac users. ChessEver Desktop runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Chess players have put up with bad workflows for too long. ChessEver makes following and studying chess fast, clean, and reliable, all in one place.
Download ChessEver and follow chess better.
Terms of Use: https://chessever.com/terms-of-use
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Improvements to Discovery Likes, player profiles and board analysis.
The developer, ChessEver LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Provider
- ChessEver LLC
- Size
- 234.4 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Monthly Subscription AED 49.99
- Annual Subscription AED 499.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 ChessEver