- Developer: Bookup Corp.
- Website: Official website
- Release Date: 2018-12-22
- Supports: Family Sharing
- Languages: English
- Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPad.
## Description
Chess Openings Wizard is where tournament players go to work on their openings.
The app is based on the Bookup program that first came out in 1984. It has full editing and training power like its brethren apps on Macintosh and Windows.
Openings can be moved back and forth to the Macintosh and Windows versions using a free Dropbox account.
Chess Openings Wizard does not play chess, nor does it come with a game collection. It is meant for designing openings for White and defenses for Black, and then testing the player on his or her knowledge of the lines by playing mock games.
Sample ebooks are included.
A free chess engine server program can be run on Macintosh or Windows to allow the iPad to use the latest and strongest UCI engines for live analysis. (The iPad and the server must share the same WiFi connection.)
The short version is: if you are designing an opening with either a game database app or with a playing program, you're working too hard. Chess Openings Wizard contains 34 years of refinements, with precisely the tools that a serious tournament player requires to prepare openings fast.
