Chess PGN Master

Chess PGN Master is the essential study tool for chess players serious about improvement. Whether you're an amateur working toward your first rating or a professional refining your craft, this app transforms how you learn from the game's greatest players and your own experience.

Mastering chess requires more than playing games—it demands deliberate study of master games, deep analysis of endgame positions, and solid opening knowledge. Chess PGN Master makes each of these core learning activities intuitive and powerful. Review complete games with fluid navigation, simply tapping the board's left or right edges to step through moves. Enter your own games and run a blunder check to identify critical mistakes, then analyze positions with the integrated Stockfish 13 engine to understand where your play went wrong and how stronger moves would have changed the outcome.

The app's analysis engine delivers precise evaluations that help you recognize patterns and improve your decision-making. Practice directly against the chess engine to test your understanding in realistic positions, or replay annotated masterpieces—including six classic games from José Raúl Capablanca's "Chess Fundamentals"—to absorb the strategic principles that separate good players from great ones.

For serious students, e-board support brings study to life. Connect compatible electronic chess boards via Bluetooth—including Millennium, Certabo, Chessnut, DGT, iChessOne, and Square Off models—to seamlessly record games, practice positions, and replay master games directly on physical boards. Visualize your analysis with colored squares and arrows drawn right on the board, making key ideas stick. Chess960 support expands your training into Fischer Random positions, keeping your tactical awareness sharp across all variants.

Cloud integration with Google Drive, Nextcloud, and Seafile keeps your game library accessible everywhere. Use autoplay to watch games unfold at your chosen pace, or share games with other chess programs and directly from ChessBase Online. The app even reads Scid database files when Scid on the go is installed, and supports third-party engines in open exchange format like Komodo.

The trial version lets you preview the first 20 games from any PGN file, giving you full access to core features with engine analysis. For unlimited game viewing, unrestricted analysis output, and the ability to save your annotated games, upgrade to the pro version.

If you're committed to understanding chess deeply rather than just playing fast games, Chess PGN Master deserves a place on your device.