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I have finally been persuaded to get an Iphone. I wondered if anyone had any chess apps which they could recommend?

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A banker, a Daily Mail reader and a benefit claimant are sitting at a table sharing 12 biscuits. The banker takes 11 and says to the Daily Mail reader: “Watch out for the benefit claimant, he wants your biscuit”.

I have only used the Chess at ICC application for http://www.chessclub.com which was usable but somewhat hard work on the small screen every so often

Now my free trial has run out I have not renewed however

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Carl Hibbard

BCM will be conducting an in-depth review in our April issue.

Right here, right now I'd recommend as standing out

e+chess http://itunes.apple.com/app/e-chess/id475177331?ls

Everyman View http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/chess-viewer/id410841427

SmartChess http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/smartchess!/id465524032

plus, off course apps from ChessBase and ICC.

but there are many more and, hopefully, one more before too long!

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I like Stockfish on the iPhone, which I think I heard about from the forum a while back. Straightforward to use and play, set up positions, export pgn etc. I think it was free when I downloaded it.

Will now take a look at John's suggestions. (Still waiting to hear of the killer app that makes an iPad worth getting.)

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Shropshire Chess Congress
4-5 January 2014
http://www.shropshirechess.org

Most of these are lovely pgn viewers, and there are more out there. What would be a killer app for me, and would certainly cause me to rush out and buy an iPad, would be a Tournament Director app - something with which I could run events under ECF or FIDE pairings rules, and publish to the internet directly. I would happily work with someone to make this happen!

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Adam Raoof
FIDE International Organiser and Arbiter
Hampstead International Congresses - http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.chessengland.com

Adam, you really need to get out more!

All the best

That is completely contrary to some opinions expressed elsewhere...

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Adam Raoof
FIDE International Organiser and Arbiter
Hampstead International Congresses - http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.chessengland.com

Some might suggest that you need to stay in more. The question is: where?

Places with low ceilings should not apply.

Answers on a postcard to /dev/null in the first instance.

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Thanks for the suggestions all!

I was going to get Chessbase for Iphone, but the reviews are pretty poor. Does anyone have experience with it, or if it has improved?

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A banker, a Daily Mail reader and a benefit claimant are sitting at a table sharing 12 biscuits. The banker takes 11 and says to the Daily Mail reader: “Watch out for the benefit claimant, he wants your biscuit”.

What functionality do you want from the app?

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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop at the moment so everything!

But specifically, I now have:

Stockfish to play,
Chess viewer for pgn file reading (e.g. if I am reading twic, etc.),
I'd like a portable database, but I've heard Chessbase isn't that good.

And since I'm an App noob, anything people may have found which is interesting, I will look at!

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A banker, a Daily Mail reader and a benefit claimant are sitting at a table sharing 12 biscuits. The banker takes 11 and says to the Daily Mail reader: “Watch out for the benefit claimant, he wants your biscuit”.

I am confident you will like the e+chess app from Dr. Helen Milligan: I wish I had written it myself!

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I would really appreciate a very simple app to input a game and email it, with a very few additional features, such as remembering which tournament you were playing in and who you were. It's always a struggle to get the games in when I am taking my son to a tournament.

I recomend the Hiarcs app. The latest update improved it a great deal, and it's very easy to email games.
Plus Mark is very good at customer support.

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