{"id":411,"date":"2021-07-12T20:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2021-10-27T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:32:22","slug":"hidden-features-forward-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/hidden-features-forward-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden features in Forward Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the top tips from our team to help you make the most out of your Forward Chess experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Interactive board using Brush Tool &#8211;\u00a0 web app.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you solve problems with your audience on Twitch or work with your students in your online class, the <em>brush tool on our web app<\/em> is something that would add value to your experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-414 \" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-42-20-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-42-20-1.jpg 1848w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-42-20-1-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-42-20-1-1024x424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-42-20-1-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-42-20-1-1536x637.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-50-45-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-50-45-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_00-50-45.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brush Tool allows the following options:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Square highlight<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Drawing arrows<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pen Mode for writing on the board<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Eraser \/ Clear option<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Options to change color &amp; drawing size.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; And more on the way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Opening Book &amp; Games database:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our desktop version for Windows &amp; Mac has an added functionality to assist with your opening preparations &#8211; The opening book &amp; Games search feature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-02-04-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-02-04-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-02-04-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-02-04-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-02-04-1536x797.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-02-04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-04-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-04-00.jpg 830w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-04-00-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-04-00-768x866.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Tactics Trainer &#8211; Web &amp; Desktop.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fond of tactics training websites? Forward Chess has an in-built Tactics Trainer for selected book so that you can solve and follow your progress through the book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-14-38-1024x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-14-38-1024x116.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-14-38-300x34.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-14-38-768x87.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-14-38.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following books currently have tactics trainer enabled:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/products?search=Sac+%26+Mate\">Sac and Mate: Volume I, II &amp; III.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/improve-your-chess-tactics-700-practical-lessons-exercises\">Improve Your Chess Tactics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/greatest525-puzzles-from-practical-games-of2018\">Greatest 525 puzzles from practical games of 2018<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/1001-chess-exercises-for-club-players\">1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/the-woodpecker-method\">The Woodpecker Method<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/chess-tactics-from-scratch\">Chess Tactics from Scratch<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/chess-tactics:-volume1\">Chess Tactics: Volume 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/chess-tests\">Chess Tests<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/the-power-of-tactics--volume1\">The Power of Tactics &#8211; Volume 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/chess-calculation-training-for-kids-and-club-players,-level1%E2%80%93-checkmating\">Chess Calculation Training For Kids And Club Players, Level 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/a-modern-guide-to-checkmating-patterns\">A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/practical-chess-puzzles\">Practical Chess Puzzles<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-421\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-13-37-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-13-37-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-13-37-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-13-37-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-13-37-1536x820.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-13_01-13-37.jpg 1846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tactics Trainer feature on the Windows version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>4. Wish List: <\/strong>Have you ever noticed the heart icon on our website? Yup, this is what they do!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11_17-01-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11_17-01-52.jpg 438w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-07-11_17-01-52-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Subscriber-only discounts &amp; updates: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have a little ritual at the end of each month. We send our email subscribers a special email with the latest on discounts, feature updates &amp; new releases. If this is something you&#8217;ll be interested in, opt-in by filling in your email address <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dw0m0P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. You can also subscribe using the newsletter box at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-424\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Forward-Chess10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Forward-Chess10.png 600w, https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Forward-Chess10-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the top tips from our team to help you make the most out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}