Chess PGN Master

Chess PGN Master

Board | Gerhard Kalab

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Page Modified on: February 1, 2020

Play Chess PGN Master on PC

This is the trial version of Chess PGN Master, a learning and study tool for chess amateurs and professionals alike. In order to improve in chess, apart from playing lots of games, it is essential to

* study chess games from masters and to try to understand why the moves were played
* study endgame positions
* gain a basic knowledge of the openings you play

Chess PGN Master helps you with these tasks by making it easy to

* review chess games
* enter your own games and blunder check them
* analyze games with a strong chess engine
* play positions against a chess engine

and it can do a lot more!

The trial version allows you to view:

- the first 20 games of a PGN file
- the first 5 games of a live PGN file

Please buy the pro key to remove restrictions and to enable edit mode:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalab.pgnviewerpro

Features:
* Easy navigation (tap on left or right side of the board to move the pieces)
* Analyze games with the integrated analysis engine (output limited to one move in trial version) - start with menu - Analyisis start/stop
* Add more UCI chess engines for analysis (e.g. use the engines distributed with Chessbase)
* Autoplay (automatically move the pieces, time between moves can be set in settings)
* Live update of games (a PGN file from the web which is updated will automatically be reloaded once a minute)
* Cloud support (Google Drive, Nextcloud, Seafile)
* includes a PGN file with 6 annotated games from "Chess Fundamentals" by former world champion José Raúl Capablanca
* Edit mode (PRO only): try out analyzed lines, edit annotations and variations
* Blunder check
* Supports many languages (e.g. Russian, Chinese) in annotations (see Preferences - Set encoding)
* Share games with other programs, share from Chessbase Online
* Can read Scid database files if "Scid on the go" is installed
* Support for chess engines in open exchange format like Komodo or Texel

Chess960 is currently NOT supported.

Play Chess PGN Master on PC. It’s easy to get started.

  • Download and install BlueStacks on your PC

  • Complete Google sign-in to access the Play Store, or do it later

  • Look for Chess PGN Master in the search bar at the top right corner

  • Click to install Chess PGN Master from the search results

  • Complete Google sign-in (if you skipped step 2) to install Chess PGN Master

  • Click the Chess PGN Master icon on the home screen to start playing

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