Chess for people who love the game

Read the story.
See the board move.

Board & Book is where you play serious chess, walk through famous games line by line, and solve puzzles pulled from real history. No filler positions. No noise.

Play Learn Train
Board & Book home screen showing The Board, The Book, and Tactics
I
The Board

Sit down and play.

Challenge the Arasan engine, a friend in the same room, or someone online. Pick bullet, blitz, rapid, or take your time with no clock at all.

When the game ends, review it move by move. See where you went wrong. See where you got lucky.

  • Engine, local, and online modes
  • Full post-game analysis
  • Clean board you can actually read
Playing a game on The Board
II
The Book

History you can replay.

Open a chapter on Morphy, Capablanca, or Fischer. Read the commentary. Tap through the moves and watch the position change on the board beside you.

This is how chess was meant to be studied: with the pieces in front of you and the story in your hands.

  • Games tied to real players and eras
  • Board follows the text as you read
  • Search books, chapters, and players
Studying a game with live board notation
III
Tactics

Sharpen your eye.

Three hundred puzzles across ten themes: forks, pins, back rank mates, discovered attacks, and more. Every one comes from a real game.

Pick up where you left off in any theme. Try the daily puzzle each morning. That one stays free.

  • 300+ puzzles in themed sets
  • Progress saved per theme
  • Free daily puzzle
Tactics training themes with puzzle counts

Real games only

Every position you study was played by someone who knew what they were doing. No computer-generated filler.

Built for reading

Leather plates, brass accents, and type you can stare at for an hour. Chess should feel like opening a good book.

Works offline

Books, puzzles, and engine games load without a connection. Online play needs the internet. Everything else is yours.

Help your pieces so they can help you.
Paul Morphy

Your next game is waiting.

Free on iPhone and iPad. Open the app, pick a room, and play.

Get Board & Book

Available on the App Store