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Chess Openings Explorer on Windows Pc

Developed By: Anton Duzenko

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 774 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.10.1
Size 224.8 MB
Release Date December 22, 23
Category Books & Reference Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (6)]

What's New:
1.10.1Touch-based moves1.10Will use CuckooChess to calculate moves from now on1.9.8Fixed wrong piece moving when multiple pieces can moveAdded menu popup when... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Database of all 2.3M standard games played in 2012 on The Free Internet Chess Server (http://www.freechess.org/)
Sorted by opening moves, white/black win/draw statistics included
R... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Chess Openings Explorer and install on Windows PC. Chess Openings Explorer is free Books & Reference app, developed by Anton Duzenko. Latest version of Chess Openings Explorer is 1.10.1, was released on 2023-12-22 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Chess Openings Explorer is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 774 users, 474 users had rated it 5*, 61 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Chess Openings Explorer on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Chess Openings Explorer on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Chess Openings Explorer on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Chess Openings Explorer using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Chess Openings Explorer" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Chess Openings Explorer on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Chess Openings Explorer" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.10.1.

Download Chess Openings Explorer 1.10.1 on Windows PC – 224.8 MB

Database of all 2.3M standard games played in 2012 on The Free Internet Chess Server (http://www.freechess.org/)
Sorted by opening moves, white/black win/draw statistics included
Requires 700MB available space on SD card for the uncompressed games database, additionally to the app itself.

Please send your feedback, it will be appreciated

The source code is here: https://github.com/duzenko/chess-opening-explorer

STORAGE issue. Recently I have added code to work around the KitKat sdcard write restrictions. The uncompressed database is now located at "external storage\data\Android\name.duzenko.chessopeningexplorer"
The problem is some vendors, like Samsung, link external storage to internal phone memory. For Samsung devices only the app will try to use "/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/" so that precious internal memory is not used. If you have a non-Samsung device and want the database on your sd card and not in internal mmeory please contact me via email and I will try to add your vendor to the exception list.
BTW Previously the database was kept in "extsdcard\Chess Opening Explorer". Old files did not get deleted automatically so you should probably do that manually to free the 700 MB of space that the database takes up.
1.10.1
Touch-based moves
1.10
Will use CuckooChess to calculate moves from now on
1.9.8
Fixed wrong piece moving when multiple pieces can move
Added menu popup when long click on the chess board
Will proceed to next move when clicked on the menus sequence
Fixed statistics not refreshing when scrolling
1.9.7
Fixed multiple queen bug (thanks to Michael Koontz)
Better fonts (hopefully)
Fixed last empty move
1.9.6
Fixed O-O-O+ (thanks to Michael Koontz)
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.