Chess-Studio 4+
For Serious Chess Players!!
Giordano Vicoli
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- $3.99
- Offers In-App Purchases
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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 manage chess databases and games in PGN format in a complete and efficient way.
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, replay and analyze games in Chess 960 mode.
• Insert moves with annotations and textual comments.
• Insert variation, subvariations etc.
• Insert and visualize graphical annotation (colored arrows and highlighted squares).
• Send games by email.
• Share Databases and Games through Airdrop.
• Download chess database from internet.
• Download chess database directly 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 17 Engine with the support of the Neural Networks (up to 5 lines of analysis simultaneously) with the support of the Engine Evaluation Bar.
• See graphic visualization of moves and Win-Draw-Loss (WDL) probabilities during Stockfish 17 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.
• Analyze endgames with Endgame Tablebases.
• Analyze and study Chess Openings in the Chess Openings Section.
• Create and manage Opening Books in Polyglot format.
• Import and manage ChessBase Opening Books (ctg 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
• Train by solving Puzzles
• ChessBase Database support.
Other features and technical details:
• Modify the board size.
• 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.
• Complete management of Null Moves with Tutorial.
• Visualization of ECO code and Opening during game replay or game insertion.
• Visualization of Book Openings during game replay or game insertion.
• 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 18 compatible and optimized for all the devices.
• Sharing of databases across devices via iCloud Drive (also with Chess Studio for Mac OS).
• 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.
These are the main features.
The application is continuously updated with new features and improvements.
To view the terms of service visit https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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 4.3.9
- IN THIS RELEASE (4.3.9)
• Bug fixes and improvements in decoding games in ChessBase format.
• Improvements in game search by position/material.
• Voice Over fixes and improvements.
• Improvements in the Chess Studio Database section.
• Minor bug fixes, general improvements and optimizations.
- MAIN FEATURES INTRODUCED IN THE LATEST RELEASES
• Chess Studio is enhanced with a new feature: the ability to browse an Online Database of games organized by Year and Tournament. Currently, the years considered range from 1960 to the present, but tournaments from years prior to 1960 will also be added. This extensive Online Database will be updated daily with new tournaments and games. Access to this database requires a symbolic Premium subscription.
• The new version of the Stockfish 17 engine with Neural Network (NNUE) support has been integrated. According to the authors, this version brings a gain of up to 46 ELO points and an increase in speed. Compared to version 14, this version can analyze games 6 times faster.
• A new training feature has been added: the user can load a game from a database and decide whether to move for White or Black without seeing the moves to evaluate his skills. At the end a report will be produced that traces the entire training session. It is possible to use this functionality either by choosing the game to train with or by letting the application decide the game in random mode. To use this functionality, some settings are possible via an appropriate interface. There are various ways to access this functionality, for example from the menu at the top center of the chessboard screen. In future versions of the application this training mode will be expanded and enhanced.
• Chess Studio can now read databases in ChessBase format. It can import cbh, cbp, cbt, cbg, cba, cbs and cbc formats, thus it is able to interpret not only the moves of a game but also the variations and comments.
• 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.
• Possibility of playing online using the Lichess platform. For blind or visually impaired players this feature is fully supported by Voice Over.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Enhancement and simplification of the management of Graphic Annotations. This functionality can now be accessed via a single menu or via a series of taps on the board (see the short tutorial in the application).
• Contact me at chess.studio.app@gmail.com to organize a Skype session.
Ratings and Reviews
A “One of a kind” Not enough stars to rate.
I’d say 10 Stars or more. This is truly a One of a kind app. From beginner to advanced, this has it all. It’s a great chess playing app with a Stockfish 15 chess engine. Save games on your iPhone or iCloud or Dropbox. Use iCloud to import thousands if not millions of games from PGN Mentor and other chess sites. Create your own database’s, merge them and study the great masters. You can create variations, comments and move ratings. Use markup to create different color arrows and boxes, great for analyzing the great masters as well as your own games. You can also creat your own Opening Books. There are just too many things to mention here. Truly, this is well worth the money. I would pay 20x more and be very satisfied with the purchase. You have to use it to believe it. I would keep going but my finger is getting tired. GET THIS APP.
One of a kind must have chess app!
The description says, “For serious chess players,” and another review states “If you get one chess app, make it this one.” Both are true. Other chess apps have lots of eye candy. However, when it comes to what it takes to manage your repertoire, analyze your games, and other important functions you would expect from a chess app for anyone who is half-way serious about their games, then _nothing_ on the App Store comes even close to Chess Studio:
Manage your PGN databases, analyze, create opening tables, download from TWIC and PGN Mentor, …
Yes, it has its interface idiosyncrasies and its own way of doing things but one will easily get used to it and understand the rationale behind its presentation. I especially like how the analysis (now using Stockfish 16) shows immediate graphic feedback with labeled arrows with different transparent colors akin to Nibbler/Lc0.
This is a fantastic app for importing games played on either iPad or iPhone and analyzing them. Easily move PGN databases between iCloud, DropBox and local storage. Create opening books from your games on mobile? Unheard of, but this app does it! The more I use it, the better it feels. I cannot thank the author enough for such a useful and functional chess app!
Simply brilliant!
Outstanding app for database management, training, analysis, building a repertoire or just having a quick game with Stockfish. Not a big learning curve, and if you’re familiar with chess database programs this should all be pretty easy to get around.
Links directly to PGN Mentor & The Week In Chess for access to literally millions of games to build a database with, and you can import your own. Easy navigation of bases (player, year, event, ECO or combinations of those & other parameters) & a boat-load of various analysis & search functions including endgame tablebases. Also ability to create custom opening books for stockfish to use from databases is a big plus!
If you’re serious about chess, or want an easy to use, stable program for OTB prep, this is probably all you’ll ever need. Highly recommended.
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Information
- Seller
- Giordano Vicoli
- Size
- 216.9 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 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
- $3.99
- In-App Purchases
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- Yearly Premium Subscription $8.99
- Monthly Premium Subscription $0.99