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Read your favorite books on tablets or smartphones — interactively. Android and Windows Phone versions coming soon.
Play through variations, flip board, change font type and size, jump to chapters and skip pages with a finger tap. Understand better the richness of author’s concepts and ideas explained by the moves coming alive with helpful graphical markers and text colors. Don't just read—experience it.

COMING SOON
Zürich 1953 by Miguel Najdorf (Published in 2012)
Andy Soltis in his Foreword has this to say: "In the half-century since Bronstein’s work was published, it was hailed as the perfect tournament book. It is, of course, a classic. But it might be just the second-best book written about this tournament."
How to Beat Your Kids at Chess by David MacEnulty (Published in 2012)
David was played by Ted Danson in the movie Knights of the South Bronx.

NEW RELEASES
Vienna 1922 by GM Larry Evans
My System by Nimzowitsch
Lasker's Manual of Chess by Lasker

NEW UPDATES
Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca
Common Sense in Chess by Lasker

Coaches, Parents and aspiring Authors: Create customized lessons, puzzles and exercises in enhanced interactive format then harness SmartChess! as a platform for distribution, acquisition and consumption of chess knowledge. Email for details.

FREE Excerpts from the App Bookstore:
The Modern Benoni by Marian Petrov Download your copy here. Email for instructions on how to load the file in SmartChess!
Mayhem in the Morra! by Marc Esserman
1.d4 Volume One by Boris Avrukh
The English Opening Volume One by Mihail Marin
Beating the Open Games, 2nd ed. by Mihail Marin
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ChessPub Opening Updates by best-selling authors — visit the App Bookstore.

SmartChess! Features

  • A State-of-the-art Toolset

    Enhanced interactive chess book reader, Blindfold Chess, Position Setup, Clock, and more.

  • Games Collections

    Famous matches, notable tournaments, by Player, by Year, by Openings.

  • Openings Library

    Covers major and minor openings with over 2,000 computer-verified lines. (Future Update)

  • Chess Engine

    Adjustable difficulty level to suit your playing strength.

  • Puzzle Packs

    Puzzles are drawn from games played since 2010. (Future Update)

  • Free Lessons

    “The Rules of Chess” and “Setting Up Tactical Combinations”

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