ChessDB by Charles River Applications

ChessDB iTunes URL

ChessDB Web site

ChessDB is an application that allows you to view millions of chess games -- all on your iPhone or iPod Touch. ChessDB is a database to hold your chess games on your device.

With ChessDB, you no longer need to carry your laptop to be able to view hundreds of thousands of games or practice your favorite tactics.

ChessDB comes with:

• Ability to download your databases to your iPhone or iPod.
• Tactical puzzles and model games in the Short Brilliancies and Blue Knights databases
• Games from Anand, Capablanca, Kasparov, Morphy, Staunton, and other notable masters.
• Openings databases, including ones for the Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez, and Sicillian.
• Complete games from classic tournaments and world championships, from the US Chess Congress in 1857 to the Linares Tournament in 2009.

I bought this software. Not too bad. I like the idea of downloading my own pgn's but they seemed to be rather large. Is there a plan to compress them? Also a would like a search function. But I did enjoy the Fried Liver section. I had not played it much and it helped me prepare for this opening. I then used it tonight at our meeting.

Hi Keyif,

I am the developer of ChessDB, thank you for your feedback. There is no limit to the size of the pgn files you can download onto ChessDB, but keep in mind that larger pgn files take longer to load. There is already an update pending Apple's approval, but after that update, there will be a better Search feature.

As for the Fried Liver, hehe yeah, there are some fun games in that database. Have you checked out the Short Brilliancies database? I thought those were some pretty tactically slick games.