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SidewaysKnights
Jan 27, 2020
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#1
I recently got an iPad and realized a lot of books are cheaper on the Apple Books app than in paperback or kindle. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good iOS app that allows me to read a book next to a chess board so I can play out the moves while reading. I don’t mind spending a few bucks on the app
Jan 27, 2020
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#2
Do you mean you would like to have a chessboard displayed on the screen as well as the e-book you are reading?
Perhaps having two apps onscreen simultaneously would be the easiest solution?
From Google:
“Use two apps at the same time with Split View
1). Open an app.
2). Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Dock.
3). On the Dock, touch and hold the second app that you want to open, then drag it off the dock to the left or right edge of the screen.”
Perhaps having two apps onscreen simultaneously would be the easiest solution?
From Google:
“Use two apps at the same time with Split View
1). Open an app.
2). Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Dock.
3). On the Dock, touch and hold the second app that you want to open, then drag it off the dock to the left or right edge of the screen.”
Jan 27, 2020
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#3
I use Forward Chess, e+ Chess books and Gambit Chess Studio apps on my iPad. All allowyou to play the moves on screen. However, you must purchase the books in app. Apple books won’t work with them.
Jan 27, 2020
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#4
I’m preferably looking for an app that allows me to use books I purchase from elsewhere. And split screen only works with select apps
Jul 29, 2020
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#5
11Chessus wrote:
I’m preferably looking for an app that allows me to use books I purchase from elsewhere. And split screen only works with select apps
Try https://ebook.chessvision.ai/ it does exactly what you described for PDF books
Jan 31, 2021
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#6
pfarmbruster wrote:
I use Forward Chess, e+ Chess books and Gambit Chess Studio apps on my iPad. All allowyou to play the moves on screen. However, you must purchase the books in app. Apple books won’t work with them.
I haven’t been able to install e+chess books in the US for some reason
Feb 1, 2021
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#7
I just checked and found that all of the books have been removed from the app’s bookstore. Perhaps the company went out of business.
Why not try some of the chessable stuff? https://www.chessable.com/the-checkmate-patterns-manual/course/17841/ or https://www.chessable.com/course/40115
I had actually started a thread in @chessdotcom feature request re the split view in iPad. Add to that chess.com iOS app doesn't even have an analyze position option.
Had posted in another thread (link below) how one can use the kindle ebook reader in Split view and run a free app in the next window.
(Copy/Pasting from that thread below.)
For those reading Kindle books on an iPad, one feature they can make use of is the Split View in iPad. One can run two apps next to one another.
Most Chess apps don’t support this feature and in most cases, the kindle app opens as an floating app rather than in split mode.
The best option for Split view is a free app which is a chess.com rival, so I won’t post screenshots here. The app nicely resizes itself in a split screen mode, making it possible to view the game in interactive mode, engine analysis and even edit positions on the board. (Hint: Name starts with L) 
Another option is "Analyze This" app. It does run in Split view mode but resizing is not perfect. Position setup is difficult as well. Posting a screenshot with kindle and Analyze This running in a split view.
I've been using chessvision.ai and their ebook reader, it's pretty damn good and the most cost efficient way to go about things. https://ebook.chessvision.ai
And, after one of Asim Pereira's apps has already been mentioned, have a look at his solid Chess Book Study:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pereira.booknboard
It needs a bigger screen but works with a lot of formats.
Good chess,
superlychee
May 30, 2022
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#14
I’m gonna stick with print books if I lose another purchase because the app is no longer available.
May 30, 2022
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#15
Ziryab wrote:
I’m gonna stick with print books if I lose another purchase because the app is no longer available.
You won't lose any purchase in our reader https://ebook.chessvision.ai/ because we don't sell any books, you just upload the books you have