● Improved Android 15 support
● Changed toolbar implementation to fix display issues on some older devices
● Update to SDK version 35, Android 15
● Reverted to a previous Android SDK version (34, Android 14) to fix display issues
● Added support for Android SDK version 35 (Android 15)
● Fixed e-Board support for Square Off Pro e-Boards
● Fixed e-Board protocol for DGT e-Boards that do not have LEDs
● Fixed save game not saving "unfinished" game result
● New ‘Beta Roan’ Piece Set:
Inspired by the Alpha set, the ‘Beta Roan’ piece set was added in two color options.
● Enhanced Gestures:
Re-introduced gestures for navigating to moves before or to the end of variations. These gestures replace the direct shortcuts to go to the start/end of the game.
● Customizable Navigation:
Swap buttons for previous/next move and previous/next game.
● Expanded Position Limits:
The app supports positions with more than 16 pieces per side for chess puzzles.
● Changed long tap gesture to move to previous or next move with variations
● Gestures added to go directly to the starting position or the end position of a game
● iChessOne support
● Certabo BLE support
● e-Board position editor with analysis
● Fixed position entry when using a Chessnut EVO device
● Improved Chessnut EVO support: new setting to change intensity of the LEDs
● Fixed internal engine (StockfishNPS 16) for some devices
● Fixed engine/autoplay stopping when changing device orientation
● Fixed Square Off Pro support after firmware update
● Fixed DGT-E-Board USB support
● Fixed wrong move numbers in annotation editor
● French translation (Thanks to Bruno for providing the translation!)
● Support for TabuTronic E-Boards
● The evaluation bar is now displayed when playing against the engine
● Some minor fixes and improvements
● Fixed a crash when E-board move delay is enabled and pawn is promoted
● Updated Android libraries
● Autoplay is more robust
● Some smaller fixes and improvements
● Support for DGT USB e-Boards - Thanks to Christophe Balanza for testing!
v3.2.0:
● Italian translation - Thanks to Luigi Vogliobene!
● "Show annotations" in Display action menu now always visible
● Added kn/s to engine output
● New move delay option for e-boards to better support sliding pieces (particularly useful for Chessnut Air e-boards)
● Italian translation - Thanks to Luigi Vogliobene!
● "Show annotations" in Display action menu now always visible
● Added kn/s to engine output
● New move delay option for e-boards to better support sliding pieces (particularly useful for Chessnut Air e-boards)
● Import OTB games from Chessnut Air E-Board - see new button in E-Board dialog
● Certabo USB: fixed crashes on Android 12
● Support for e-boards from Certabo
● Support for DGT Classic Bluetooth e-boards
● Fixed issue in position editor
● Various smaller fixes and improvements
● Reintroduced LED indication for own move (ChessLink) - can be turned off in e-board dialog settings
Previous release:
● Support for Square Off Pro e-Boards
v2.9.8:
● Fixed wrong game number; stability improvements
Previous release:
● Support for electronic chess boards (DGT Pegasus, Millennium ChessLink)
● Improved board size preference
● Fixed "parse error" issue that could occur after deleting a move (thanks to Massimiliano for all the testing!)
Thanks for choosing Chess PGN Master! This release includes stability improvements.
* Fixed incorrect move numbers in variation list (thanks Tejendra!)
* Fixed crashes in position editor
Previously:
* Support for dragging pieces
* Removed “Open Dropbox” menu item (Android 6+): use “Open file” instead
* Re-introduced keyboard shortcuts: use a physical keyboard to navigate using the cursor keys. Enable this in preferences.
* Added ECO search to master games search options
Thanks again to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for keeping the Portuguese translations up to date.
* Support for dragging pieces
* Removed “Open Dropbox” menu item (Android 6+): use “Open file” instead
* Re-introduced keyboard shortcuts: use a physical keyboard to navigate using the cursor keys. Enable this in preferences.
* Added ECO search to master games search options
Thanks again to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for keeping the Portuguese translations up to date.
* Fixed an issue when deleting games that was introduced in the last update (thanks Tejendra!)
* Fixed missing "paste from clipboard" menu entry in the special import file
* Fixed pre-move comment position for variations consisting of only one move
* Internal engine updated to Stockfish 13
* Hardware keyboard navigation (left, right, up, down, Alt+left, Alt+right)
* Smaller fixes and stability improvements
* Android 10/11: directly adding engine binaries is no longer possible due to Android security restrictions; install OEX engines instead
* New menu item (pro only): Export favorites
* Stability improvements and some smaller fixes
Thanks to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for keeping the Portuguese translations up to date.
Please note: due to changes in Android security the feature of adding engines directly via files will be disabled in future updates of this app. You will still be able to add engines by installing engine apps (OEX format).
* Fixed non-working blunder analysis with internal engine
* Put back Leipzig and Plain piece sets, new Kosal piece set
Please note: due to changes in Android security the feature of adding engines directly via files will be disabled in future updates of this app. You will still be able to add engines by installing engine apps (OEX format).
* Internal engine updated to Stockfish development v2020-09-24 (including NNUE)
Previous version:
* New menu item to strip comments and/or variations from a game (edit mode)
Thanks to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for the Portuguese translation updates.
* New arrows for variations - you can turn them off in Preferences - Display... and change the colors in Preferences - Custom colors...
Thanks to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for the Portuguese translation updates.
Previous releases:
* New clear button in the coloring button bar to clear the currently selected color
* New custom color preference for the move indicator (see Preferences - Custom colors)
* Sound effects when moving pieces (see preferences to enable the sounds)
v2.6.4:
* Sound effects when moving pieces (see preferences to enable the sounds)
* Fixed an issue when saving games to new (empty) files
v2.6.2:
* Better gestures support: you can now specify an action for each gesture (see preferences)
* Fixed issue when saving to PGN files generated by Chessbase (i.e. files with UTF8-BOM file encoding)
Special thanks go to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for keeping the Portuguese (Brazilian) translations up-to-date.
* Better gestures support: you can now specify an action for each gesture (see preferences)
* Default gesture for swiping right/left is now to go to the previous/next game
* Fixed issue when saving to PGN files generated by Chessbase (i.e. files with UTF8-BOM file encoding)
Special thanks go to Fábio Ruiz de Freitas for keeping the Portuguese (Brazilian) translations up-to-date.
* New action to reload the current file
* Added support for different colored arrows to point in the opposite direction
* Fixed corrupt PGN files when synchronizing them via Google Drive or another hoster
Stability improvement
Fixed hanging app when loading certain PGNs with command directives, e.g. [%evp ...]
* Paste from clipboard: new merge option
* Option to enter variations in autoplay mode
* New wooden board layout
* Improved blue color for colored squares/arrows
* Edit and display colored arrows, colored squares (Chessbase, Lichess format)
- see menu Display - Show coloring buttons (drag to draw arrows)
* Fixed castles in some chess960 positions
* Stability improvements
* Full chess960 support (to castle select your King first, then the Rook you want to castle with)
* Stockfish 11
* Add custom tags when saving games (pro version)
* Blunder analysis: option to select side to analyze
* Game Information menu entry
* Less obtrusive arrows
* Enabled edit mode for free version
* Fixed an issue with the check symbol (+)
v2.2.8:
* Engine name is added to the engine output (when added to the game)
* Fix crashes
previous release:
* Added buttons to increase/decrease the number of lines to analyze (long tap on the engine result text during analysis to show buttons)
* Fixed issue with thread analysis
v2.2.6:
* Fixed adding games to files on Google Drive (pro version)
* Fixed crash in night mode (landscape orientation)
previous releases:
* Added a menu item to create a new, empty file (pro version)
* Added feature to enter color hex codes in extended color picker for board colors
* Fixed some crashes (thank you for the crash reports!)
* Added feature to enter color hex codes in extended color picker for board colors
* Fixed orientation issue in Guess The Move mode
* Various smaller fixes and code improvements
v2.1.6:
The Android system file picker is now used for selecting files. This adds full support for
* Google Drive
* Nextcloud
* Seafile
as long as the respective apps are installed.
* Fixed issue with saving games.
v2.1.7:
* Fixed missing annotation editor.
v2.1.9:
* Fixed various crashes.
v2.1.0:
* Dark mode added (see Preferences - Theme)
* The way engines are executed has changed - you need to reselect the chess engine you want to use after updating if you are not using the default engine
* Various smaller fixes for Android 10
v2.1.1:
* Fix for crash on Android 4.x devices
v2.1.2:
* Fix opening non-secure URLs (http) on Android 8+
v2.1.0:
* Dark mode added (see Preferences - Theme)
* The way engines are executed has changed - you need to reselect the chess engine you want to use after updating if you are not using the default engine
* Various smaller fixes for Android 10
v2.1.1:
* Fix crash on Android 4.x devices
* Dark mode added (see Preferences - Theme)
* The way engines are executed has changed - you need to reselect the chess engine you want to use after updating if you are not using the default engine
* Various smaller fixes for Android 10
Fix text scrolling issue.
Stockfish engine updated to version 10.
2.03: fix corrupt game after entering move symbol and saving game
2.02: fix random Chinese characters in notation (Pixel XL2 - Android 9)
fix random Chinese characters in notation (Pixel XL2 - Android 9)
fix crash when sharing position as image
* fix delete game from favorites not possible in free version
* internal engine updated to Stockfish 9* blunder checking result comments changed* fix reading PGN files from mail attachments* fix castling flags for loaded games with invalid castling
* improved performance when reading games analysed by DroidFish* engine parsing fixes (Fritz engine)* PGN parser fix (post move annotations)
* update Dropbox API to latest version
* remember position of last opened game for each file* various smaller bug fixes and improvements
This is the trial version of Chess PGN Master, a learning and study tool for chess amateurs and professionals alike. In order to improve in chess, apart from playing lots of games, it is essential to
● study chess games from masters and to try to understand why the moves were played
● study endgame positions
● gain a basic knowledge of the openings you play
Chess PGN Master helps you with these tasks by making it easy to
● review chess games
● enter your own games and blunder check them
● analyze games with a strong chess engine (Stockfish 13)
● play positions against a chess engine
and it can do a lot more!
The trial version allows you to view:
- the first 20 games of every PGN file
Please buy the pro key to remove restrictions and to enable saving changed games:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalab.pgnviewerpro
Features:
● Easy navigation (tap on left or right side of the board to move the pieces)
● Analyze games with the integrated analysis engine (output limited to one move in trial version) - start with menu - Analyisis start/stop
● E-Board support: Use an electronic chess board connected via Bluetooth using the ChessLink protocol (Millennium eOne, Exclusive, Performance), Certabo E-Boards, Chessnut Air, Chessnut EVO, DGT classic, DGT Pegasus, iChessOne or the Square Off Pro to study, record games, play against a chess engine or replay master games.
● Color squares (right menu Display - Show coloring buttons) and draw colored arrows - tap or drag on the board after selecting a color
● Chess960 support (to castle select your King first, then your Rook you want to castle with)
● Cloud support (Google Drive, Nextcloud, Seafile)
● Autoplay (automatically move the pieces, time between moves can be set in settings)
● Includes a PGN file with 6 annotated games from "Chess Fundamentals" by former world champion José Raúl Capablanca
● Blunder check
● Share games with other programs, share from Chessbase Online
● Can read Scid database files if "Scid on the go" is installed
● Support for chess engines in open exchange format like Komodo