trustmebro.reviews

Chessbook

App Service · Chess openings & study · 14 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/TournamentChess

Reddit take

Not enough linked mention summaries yet; the source excerpts below are the evidence.

Pros

  • If you're going to use it to train openings or build opening repertoires, then I would suggest, Chesstempo, or Chessable, or Chessbook, or any number of other much much better tools.
  • chessbook.com is the best alternative. It's actually just better than Chessable in my opinion.
  • I found Chessbook and Chess Prep Pro to work best for that purpose
  • Yeah there’s actually a lot of these. Chessdriller Chesstraining(.)app Chessbook
  • Sounds like Chessbook would be what you want?

Cons

  • I still use and love the app, but I do mostly manual repetition (picking a position and doing “practice all moves from here”) instead of automated. ... my only issue is that the spaced repetition schedule doesn’t work for me at all. The...
  • I’ve used Chessbook off and on over time as an opening repertoire trainer. That said, I’ve never loved it and have some issues.
  • This is what hinders me to use chessbook more since I dont want to go through this once again for my black repertoire.
  • Chessbook is 80$ which is just crazy and with chesstempo you have a lot of other stuff.
  • Take, for example, the Advance Variation of the French Defense: there are a lot of lines where dxc5 is playable, but to really understand whether you should play it or not, you can’t just rely on Chesstempo or ChessBook.

Sentiment

9 positive (64%) · 2 mixed (14%) · 3 negative (21%)

Trust + time weighted score: +51% · raw score 43%

What redditors said (10 of 14)

If you're going to use it to train openings or build opening repertoires, then I would suggest, Chesstempo, or Chessable, or Chessbook, or any number of other much much better tools.
positive · u/f****d · r/TournamentChess · comment · Nov 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
chessbook.com is the best alternative. It's actually just better than Chessable in my opinion.
positive · u/D****S · r/TournamentChess · comment · Jan 2, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I found Chessbook and Chess Prep Pro to work best for that purpose
positive · u/N****_ · r/TournamentChess · comment · Dec 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Yeah there’s actually a lot of these. Chessdriller Chesstraining(.)app Chessbook
positive · u/g****B · r/TournamentChess · comment · Dec 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Sounds like Chessbook would be what you want?
positive · u/B****y · r/TournamentChess · comment · Dec 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
chessbook
positive · u/f****t · r/TournamentChess · comment · Dec 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I still use and love the app, but I do mostly manual repetition (picking a position and doing “practice all moves from here”) instead of automated. ... my only issue is that the spaced repetition schedule doesn’t work for me at all. The frequency for new or recently missed moves is way too low.
mixed · u/L****7 · r/TournamentChess · comment · Nov 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I’ve used Chessbook off and on over time as an opening repertoire trainer. That said, I’ve never loved it and have some issues.
mixed · u/E****3 · r/TournamentChess · Nov 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I only train the most popular lines for 10 minutes a day with Chessbook, for the rest I look up the line I played after a game.
positive · u/K****e · r/TournamentChess · comment · Nov 19, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
nowadays people seem to be loving ChessBook and ChessTempo more for openings.
positive · u/A****3 · r/TournamentChess · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

Compare

Related