Chess Explorer

Hi, how do you use the chess explorer in the app? I just want a board to move pieces around on while I study a chess book.

The only way I know to get to the Explorer in the app is to be in a current Daily game and use the analysis  board.

If you just want to go over the game you might be able to use the vs Computer option and change both players to human.

Thanks Martin, although I must say, wouldn't it make more sense for the Explorer to be 'inaccessible' during a game and only accessible outside of game situations? Especially if chess.com is to be a one-stop shop because you want traffic but people who study chess books won't pass through when doing so if they can't "freeboard" (haha I coined a term). The current setup also encourages use of the Explorer in game situations yet I've read in the past that chess.com discourages this. I believe both are undesireable outcomes.

Daily chess alows the use of opening/game databases such as Explorer. That format is essentially standard postal/correspondence chess. For Live, you are correct; using it would not be allowed.

True, though I can't see why. In any case, I found the answer. Perhaps through a correspondence game is the only known way to access the chess.com chess explorer, but I found a link to it through a Google search for chess opening explorer. Here's the link to chess.com's chess explorer: https://www.chess.com/explorer?moveList=&ply=0 

Yeah, it is also on the website. You asked about the app. So that was the information I provided.

Oh yea right. Since then I've switched from using the app to the PC. My bad

and it helps to have a paid subscription otherwise you can only make 3 moves in the chess explorer as I've just learnt. Is that the same when you're in a correspondence game?

Switch to v3. I believe that limit has been removed for non-premium members. And Explorer should only be used for study and Correspondence/Daily games.