Chess Openings Wizard Express for Macintosh

You want to follow in the footsteps of Alexander Kotov and Think Like a Grandmaster.

You are studying books and videos. You're using those great ideas to make your own plans.

The bad news is that a week from now, you won't remember many of the ideas you studied. 

(Heck, if you're like me, you will forget most of the analysis the next day.)

So I (Mike) am offering you Chess Openings Wizard Express for your Macintosh so that you can design your openings from what you study. 

Then you can use the training wizard to test yourself on what you designed so that you know you can recall it.

Chess Openings Wizard is the same program used since 1982 by the strongest tournament and correspondence players. The same methods of improvement work for online players, naturally.

Bookup (Chess Openings Wizard) is simply the best way to study chess and it is incredibly useful in chess openings preparation. It’s one of the most user-friendly programs I’ve seen, written by the most user-friendly programmers I’ve ever met. It’s great stuff!

Peter Svidler, Seven time Russian Champion

Chess Openings Wizard Express has every tool you need to design your openings and defenses. 

​Want to use the strongest engines? COW comes with some of the strongest including Stockfish 16.1, and you can swap in the engine you like best as new ones come out.

Want to make your diagram look like Chess Life or look like an old Informant? The diagram options have that.​

Want to purchase complete repertoires ready to expand and train yourself? We have those.

Want to import PGN games that you played on Lichess or Chess.com or that you pulled from a game database like ChessBase? Done.

​Do you want to instantly bring in your last Lichess game to see how it compared to your repertoire? One click is all it takes (after you set it up of course).

​Paste in PGN and FEN from the clipboard? Of course.

Export graphic diagrams in PNG, JPG, and BMP for your web pages and student handouts? Done.

Create endgame and tactics studies? All the functions you need to set them up are in there.

Back up your work to a free Dropbox or Google Drive account so that you will never lose it? We recommend using this integration. It's also used to move your openings to your iPhone or Android phone or tablet so that you can study on the go.

Limited to 150TB per database? (If you know what a terabyte is, you know that is hardly a limit. We're poking fun at other chess software and their arbitrary file size limitations.)

The final super duper thing that sets COW apart from every chess app: You get support directly from the programmer. (Can you imagine being able to ask questions of the actual programmer of any other app you use? With Chess Openings Wizard you get email answers from me (Mike) who codes your app.)

Here is the fine print:

There is no risk. If for any reason you don't love the way you are increasing your strength in the opening in the next thirty days, you can email Mike and he will refund your money. You can even keep the software, although you won't qualify for free updates.

Once you order, you can log in and download the Macintosh DMG to use Chess Openings Wizard on up to three computers that you use personally. No need to buy additional copies.

​Chess Openings Wizard will share your opening files with the iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows apps (each sold separately).​

Once you click the "Complete my purchase" button, you will get an automatic email with everything you need. You can also log in at bookup.com/login from any computer you personally use - and download the latest installer for the next year. (You cannot lose your download).

​If you later want to upgrade to the Professional version with its multimedia memory training, overnight analysis of your entire repertoire, merge and prune ebooks, backsolving, mining for novelties, instant comparison of your repertoire with the recent games any player on lichess, and many things you didn't even know you wanted then you can later apply your complete purchase price of the Express version towards the purchase of the Professional version.​

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Chess Openings Wizard Express for Macintosh

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You might be worried that you won't get great value. If that happens I'll give you your money back. - Mike

  • You are getting the latest version of Chess Openings Wizard for Macintosh from Catalina all the way to the latest MacOS.
  • You get support from the programmer (Mike Leahy) via email and from the expert's forum.
  • You can log in at any time to install the program on up to three computers that you use personally. You can't lose this app.
  • You can (and should) back up your opening repertoires to the cloud. It's automatic. You can't lose your work.
  • Your program shares your openings with the Android, iPhone, and iPad apps so that you can review and edit your openings on your phone. (Mobile apps sold separately through Google and Apple)
  • You're joining over 60,000 chess players who have been using this system since 1982.
 

COW Mac Kotov form updated June 13, 2024

 
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