We offer books from the following publishers; Chess Stars, Quality Chess, Mongoose Press and Russell Enterprises. We will be adding more as time goes on.

To open a book, simply tap the title you want to read. Sliding left and right provides navigation between adjacent chapters. To skip to a chapter in a different part of the book, simply tap TOC.

You will get to choose the chapter from the table of contents.

The icons below the big board provides you with basic “VCR” navigation features – next move, previous move, flip the board. If, for some reason, you don’t need the board you can take it off by tapping the Board button. ForwardChess is more than just a book reader. You can make any legal moves on the board if you wish to explore a variation not shown in the text.

The first button in the top right corner provides the user with a few additional options. All three options apply to the text of the book, not the big board. Here you can change the font size, change the board size (again, this is about the diagrams in the text, not the big board) and manage the autoscroll. Autoscroll is the feature that lets you choose whether or not you want the text to follow the lines you are examining on the big board.