Chess for Android Move Coach on E-Boards

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Since I am very enthusiastic about all those new beautiful e-boards that are coming out recently, such as the Millennium Tournament 55, I am also very enthusiastic again to add new features to Chess for Android. Today I added the "move coach", which has been a feature of Chess for Android since the beginning, to e-boards as well. To enable or disable the feature, simply go to the option menu, and toggle the option.

I demonstrate the new feature on e-boards in the following brief video. Please let me know what you think. I hope to release this to Google Play very soon!



Comments

Anonymous said…
Bonjour Aart bik,
J'adore votre application Android "chess for Android ".
Je ne le vous direz jamais assez, mille merci pour cette superbe application dont on peut connecté un échiquier dgt usb de type Rosewood année 2016, via un câble otg !
C'est tip top, pratique et simple ! Pas besoin d'un pc ordinateur Fixe de type "deep blue" 😁
Vous êtes le seul pour le moment à le faire avec un téléphone android et un dgt de type USB filaire, conditions réunies.
J'aurais une requête à vous demander si vous voulez bien.
Je suis entraîneur diplômé et joueur passionné par les échecs depuis plus de 40 ans.
J'aimerais que votre application puisse être compatible également avec les plateformes internet "chess.com" et "lichess".
Il faut à mon avis anticiper cet amélioration.
Si par hasard les plateformes "fics" ou "icc" venaient à disparaître il resterait quoi ?
Tout le monde jouent sur chess.Com ou lichess de nos jours.
Voilà je vous remercie par avance.
Bien amicalement



November 9, 2024 at 4:49 AM
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