Chess Studio Lite 4+
For Serious Chess Players!!
Giordano Vicoli
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- Free
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Description
Make the right move. Get Chess Studio! Does what it promises and much more than you imagine!
Chess Studio is the first and only application for iPhone and iPad able to completely manage chess database and games in PGN format.
Chess Studio is an application designed and built for those players who really want to deepen their knowledge in the field of chess, studying chess regularly and participate in tournaments.
Chess Studio allows you to:
• Read database and games in PGN format (also with extended notation of moves).
• Create, delete and modify folders and databases.
• View games with annotations and textual comments and keep track of the displayed games.
• Use a double chessboard on the same screen for better game analysis.
• Visualize moves and variants in compact mode or indented mode.
• Modify existing games with move annotation and textual comments.
• Insert new games and positions.
• Insert moves with annotations and textual comments.
• Insert variation, subvariations etc.
• Insert and visualize graphical annotation (colored arrows and highlighted squares).
• Insert, replay and analyze games in Chess 960 mode.
• Send games by email.
• Share Databases and Games through Airdrop.
• Download chess database from internet.
• Download chess database from PGN Mentor site.
• Import games, database and Opening Books from other applications.
• Merge two or more databases.
• Copy/Paste games and positions.
• Analyze games with Stockfish 16.1 Engine with the support of the Neural Networks (up to 5 lines of analysis simultaneously) and see the results also through the Engine Evaluation Bar.
• See graphic visualization of moves suggested by Stockfish 16.1 engine.
• See Win-Draw-Loss (WDL) probabilities during engine analysis.
• Replay games automatically.
• Visualize Pawn structure.
• Manage Variations and sub-variatons: delete and promote variations.
• Read the weekly Magazine The New In Chess (TWIC) and download the games.
• Uploading and Downloading PGN database to/from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive.
• Three different modes for moving pieces.
• Analyse endgames with Endgame Tablebases.
• Analyse and study Chess Openings in the Chess Openings Section.
• Creation and management of Opening Books in Polyglot format.
• Import and management of ChessBase Opening Books (ctg, cto, ctb format).
• Automatically classify a database according to ECO code.
• Replay, enter and analyze Chess 960 games (Fischer Random Chess).
• Play against the engine both in standard mode and in Chess 960 mode.
• Play online through the LiChess platform
• Solving Puzzles.
Other features and technical details:
• Modify the board size tapping on the board or through the Settings menu.
• Professional chess fonts and figurines for moves notation and annotation.
• Preview of the game in the board tapping the Info button.
• Quick search feature.
• Advanced search feature.
• Visualization of ECO code and Opening during game replay or game insertion.
• Visualization of Book Openings during game replay or game insertion.
• Complete management of Null Moves with Tutorial.
• Portrait/Landscape mode for all devices.
• Support of Slide Over and Split View mode.
• Function to move up within variants and subvariants.
• Online manual frequently updated.
• iOS 17 compatible and optimized for all the devices.
• Sharing of databases across devices via iCloud Drive.
• Sound option.
• Support for iPad Pro Keyboard or bluetooth keyboard.
• VoiceOver/Accessibility support.
• Help section contains videos to show the main features of Chess Studio.
• Direct contact via email with the developer to report problems, ask for explanation and suggestions (very quick answer!).
• Languages: English, Italian, Spanish and German.
The application is continuously updated with new features and improvements.
Chess Studio Lite is a smaller version of Chess Studio where some features are limited and doesn't have advertising content.
No in-app purchasing!
No registration!
No advertising!
No sharing of personal data!
If you own an iMac or a MacBook try the new Chess Lab!
What’s New
Version 4.2.0
- IN THIS RELEASE (4.2.0)
• Fixed a bug in the LiChess Video section that caused the application to close unexpectedly.
• The new version of the Stockfish 16.1 engine has been integrated with the support of Neural Networks (NNUE). The neural network architecture has undergone two updates and is currently in its 8th version. This release marks the removal of the traditional handcrafted evaluation and the transition to fully neural network-based approach. Dual NNUE: For the first time, Stockfish includes a secondary neural network, used to quickly evaluate positions that are easily decided.
• Minor bug fixes, general improvements and optimizations.
- MAIN FEATURES INTRODUCED IN THE LATEST RELEASES
• A new section dedicated to training has been added. At the moment it is possible to solve a series of puzzles taken from games played mainly online. These are puzzles suitable for all players. There are currently 20,000 puzzles available but they will be continuously updated. Other types of puzzles of increasing difficulty will be included in the future.
• New feature: Search for games by position. This new feature is found in the main menu under the "PGN Tools" section. It allows you to search for games in a database starting from a given position. The position can be set both with normal pieces but also with different symbols that have different meanings. In this way it will be possible to search, for example, all the games that have a typical pawn structure regardless of the position of the other pieces.
• Possibility to choose between different layouts of the board on the screen according to the user's needs. For those using Chess Studio on the iPad, this feature allows you to scroll through the moves of a game with a tap on the right or left of the chessboard.
• Possibility of playing online using the Lichess platform. For blind or visually impaired players this feature is fully supported by Voice Over.
• Management of very large databases.
• Automatic insertion of engine analysis into games. To enter the analysis, simply touch the engine analysis line. To use this feature you need to activate it in the application settings.
• The new function "Search games by material" has been added, through which it is possible to search for games in a database according to the material present on the chessboard. This new functionality is accessed from the main menu of the application.
• New feature that allows you to delete tags in a database (Detag). This functionality is accessed from the list of possible operations on a database.
• In the Chess Board screen, you can customize the colors of the top bar, bottom bar, buttons and background. The customization is done in the Settings section. In the opening section is the new functionality to explore the Lichess Master Opening Tree. It is now possible to activate the speech synthesizer to announce the moves made both when entering and when viewing a game.
• Next to each line of analysis of the engine it is possible to view the probabilities of Win, Draw and Loss calculated by the engine. This feature can be turned on or off in the Settings section.
• The arrows on the Chess Board are now displayed for each line of engine analysis. The thicker the arrow, the better the corresponding move will be. This feature can be turned on or off in the Settings section.
• From the opening section of a database it is possible to save the games relating to a single ECO code or to a single opening variant in a new database. To do this, just swipe left on the opening variant you want to save and follow the directions.
• For iOS 14 users, you can customize the colors of the board squares in the Settings section.
• For those users who need explanations on the application it is possible to contact me via Skype. To organize a Skype session, contact me via email at chess.studio.app@gmail.com
Ratings and Reviews
Comprehensive chess database app
This looks like the real deal for managing chess databases on iOS. I still have to explore the features, but I already have a few suggestions:
1. Add an option to highlight (arrow or squares) the next move in the game. This allows comparing the game move with the engine move without taking your eyes off the board.
2. Display on the board 3-4 engine moves during analysis, it’s useful to have a few options of good moves. See ChessTiger as an example.
3. This may seem small, but the yellow background for the notation is quite distracting. Change it to gray or make it customizable.
4. Again, this may seem small, but the pawns are too big for all piece sets. Consider adding the Alpha piece set for an alternative.
Thank you and congratulation, the app has a lot of potential.
The Best!
This is the best chess database and analysis program for iOS and iPadOS bar none. I also purchased the paid pro version (Chess Studio without the Lite in its name) by the same author that is even better and worth every penny. Once you learn to use it, you will not look back.
Beat program for a chess scholar!
This is a wonderful program and it includes awesome support. If you love chess, you will love this app!! I have studied chess for almost six decades now and have never found a more powerful way to aid my study of chess than this app! Please get this app immediately and buckle your seat belt for an amazingly great ride.
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Information
- Seller
- Giordano Vicoli
- Size
- 207.1 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.6 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.6 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.6 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2013 Giordano Vicoli
- Price
- Free