List of chess software

Short description: None

Chess software comes in different forms. A chess playing program provides a graphical chessboard on which one can play a chess game against a computer. Such programs are available for personal computers, video game consoles, smartphones/tablet computers or mainframes/supercomputers. A chess engine generates moves, but is accessed via a command-line interface with no graphics. A dedicated chess computer has been purpose built solely to play chess. A graphical user interface (GUI) allows one to import and load an engine, and play against it. A chess database allows one to import, edit, and analyze a large archive of past games.

## Contents

* 1 Chess engines
* 2 Chess graphical user interfaces
* 3 Chess-playing programs for personal computers
* 4 Chess-playing programs for video game consoles
* 5 Chess apps for phones/tablets
* 6 Chess computers
* 7 Programs for reading and editing chess databases
* 8 Chess-playing programs for mainframes/supercomputers
* 9 Tiniest chess programs
* 10 See also
* 11 References

## Chess engines

This list contains only chess engines for which Wikipedia articles exist yet and therefore is very incomplete. It does not reflect or imply current or historic play strength as this characteristic in itself usually does not warrant an entry on Wikipedia.

* Delfi
* Chess Tiger
* Crafty
* CuckooChess
* Deep Fritz
* Dragon
* Fairy-Max
* Fritz
* Fruit
* Ginkgo
* GNU Chess
* HIARCS
* Houdini
* Ikarus
* Jonny
* Junior
* KnightCap
* Komodo
* Leela Chess Zero
* MChess Pro
* Mittens
* Naum
* OliThink
* Rybka[1]
* Shredder
* Sjeng
* SmarThink
* Stockfish
* Torch
* Turochamp
* Zappa[1]

## Chess graphical user interfaces

* Chess Assistant
* ChessBase
* Chessmaster
* Fritz
* GNOME Chess
* Hiarcs Chess Explorer
* Lucas Chess[2]
* PyChess
* Shane's Chess Information Database
* Shredder
* Winboard
* XBoard

## Chess-playing programs for personal computers

* Apple Chess
* Battle Chess
* Battle vs. Chess
* Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
* Chess Champion 2175
* Chess Mates
* Chess Player 2150
* Chess Simulator
* Chess Titans
* Chess Ultra
* Software:Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure
* ChessGenius
* Chessmaster
* ChessV
* Colossus Chess
* Combat Chess
* Cyber Chess
* Fritz and Chesster
* Grandmaster Chess
* Hoyle Majestic Chess
* Kasparov Chessmate
* Kasparov's Gambit
* Lego Chess
* Playchess
* Power Chess
* Pure Chess
* REBEL
* Sargon
* Sega Chess
* Socrates II
* Virtua Chess
* X3D Fritz
* Zillions of Games

## Chess-playing programs for video game consoles

* Battle vs. Chess
* Chessmaster
* Clubhouse Games
* Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge
* Fritz Chess
* Online Chess Kingdoms
* Pure Chess
* Silver Star Chess
* Video Chess
* Virtual Chess 64
* Virtual Kasparov
* Wii Chess[3]
* Star Wars Chess
* Battle Chess
* War Chess

## Chess apps for phones/tablets

* Chess Tiger (iOS)
* Fritz Chess
* HIARCS
* Komodo engine
* Play Magnus
* Pocket Fritz (Pocketpc)
* Shredder
* Stockfish
* Droidfish (Android)

## Chess computers

The following are special-purpose hardware/software combinations that are inextricably connected:

* Belle
* ChessMachine
* ChipTest
* Cray Blitz
* Deep Blue
* Deep Thought
* HiTech
* Hydra
* Mephisto
* Saitek

## Programs for reading and editing chess databases

* Chess Assistant
* Chess Informant Expert
* ChessBase
* Shane's Chess Information Database
* pgnutil

## Chess-playing programs for mainframes/supercomputers

* AlphaZero
* CHAOS (Chess program)
* Chess (Northwestern University)
* CilkChess
* Kaissa
* Kotok-McCarthy
* Mac Hack

## Tiniest chess programs

* 1K ZX Chess
* Microchess
* Toledo Nanochess

## See also

* Advanced Chess
* Chess software
* Comparison of chess video games
* Computer chess
* Computer Olympiad
* Endgame tablebase
* List of Internet chess servers
* Software for handling chess problems
* Swedish Chess Computer Association
* World Computer Chess Championship

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Herik, Jaap van den; Herik, H. Jaap van den; Spronck, Pieter (20 May 2010) (in en). Advances in Computer Games: 12th International Conference, ACG 2009, Pamplona, Spain, May 11-13, 2009, Revised Papers. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 205. ISBN 978-3-642-12992-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=V9SVHtYsz3cC&pg=PA205.
2. ↑ "Lucas Chess" (in en). https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/.
3. ↑ "Wii Chess" (in en). 24 January 2008. https://www.eurogamer.net/wii-chess-review.

* v
* t
* e

Chess

Outline|

* Chess theory
* Chess titles
* Grandmaster
* list of Grandmasters
* Computer chess
* glossary
* matches
* engines
* software
* Correspondence chess
* FIDE
* Glossary
* History
* timeline
* notable games
* Rating system
* world rankings
* norms
* Variants
* List
* World records

Equipment|

* Chess set
* chessboard
* pieces
* King
* Queen
* Rook
* Bishop
* Knight
* Pawn
* Chess box
* Chess clock
* Chess table
* score sheets

Rules|

* Castling
* Check
* Checkmate
* Draw
* by agreement
* Fifty-move rule
* Perpetual check
* Stalemate
* Threefold repetition
* En passant
* Pawn promotion
* Time control
* Fast chess
* Touch-move rule

Terms|

* Blunder
* Chess notation
* algebraic
* descriptive
* PGN
* annotation symbols
* symbols in Unicode
* Fianchetto
* Gambit
* Key square
* King walk
* Pawns
* backward
* connected
* doubled
* isolated
* Maróczy Bind
* passed
* Open file
* Half-open file
* Outpost
* School
* romantic
* hypermodern
* Swindle
* Tempo
* Transposition
* Trap

Tactics|

* Battery
* Alekhine's gun
* Block
* Checkmate patterns
* Combination
* Decoy
* Deflection
* Desperado
* Discovered attack
* Double check
* Fork
* Interference
* Overloading
* Pin
* Sacrifice
* Skewer
* Undermining
* Windmill
* X-ray
* Zwischenzug

Strategy|

* Artificial castling
* Compensation
* Exchange
* the exchange
* Initiative
* first-move advantage
* Middlegame
* Pawn storm
* Pawn structure
* Piece values
* Prophylaxis

Openings|

| Flank opening|

* English Opening
* Zukertort Opening
* Réti Opening
* King's Indian Attack
* Larsen's Opening
* Bird's Opening
* Grob's Attack
* Dunst Opening
* Benko Opening

|

King's Pawn Game|

* Alekhine's Defence
* Caro–Kann Defence
* French Defence
* Modern Defence
* Nimzowitsch Defence
* Open Game
* Italian Game
* Semi-Italian Opening
* Giuoco Piano
* King's Gambit
* Petrov's Defence
* Philidor Defence
* Ruy Lopez
* Scotch Game
* Owen's Defence
* Pirc Defence
* Scandinavian Defense
* Tennison Gambit
* Sicilian Defence
* Alapin
* Dragon/Accelerated Dragon
* Najdorf
* Scheveningen

Queen's Pawn Game|

* Dutch Defence
* Indian Defence
* Benoni Defence
* Modern Benoni
* Bogo-Indian Defence
* Grünfeld Defence
* King's Indian Defence
* Nimzo-Indian Defence
* Queen's Indian Defence
* Trompowsky Attack
* London System
* Queen's Gambit
* Accepted
* Declined
* Slav Defence
* Catalan Opening

Other|

* List of openings
* theory table
* List of chess gambits
* Irregular
* Fool's mate
* Scholar's mate

Endgames|

* Bishop and knight checkmate
* King and pawn vs king
* Opposite-coloured bishops
* Pawnless endgame
* Queen and pawn vs queen
* Queen vs pawn
* Rook and bishop vs rook
* Rook and pawn vs rook
* Lucena position
* Philidor position
* Strategy
* fortress
* opposition
* Tarrasch rule
* triangulation
* Zugzwang
* Study
* Tablebase
* Two knights endgame
* Wrong bishop
* Wrong rook pawn

Tournaments|

* List of strong chess tournaments
* Chess Olympiad
* Women
* World Chess Championship
* List
* Candidates Tournament
* Chess World Cup
* FIDE Grand Prix
* Other world championships
* Women
* Team
* Rapid
* Blitz
* Junior
* Youth
* Senior
* Amateur
* Chess composition
* Solving
* Computer chess
* Computer speed chess
* Chess engine

Related|

* Cheating in chess
* Chess aesthetics
* Chess in the arts
* in early literature
* Chess books
* opening books
* endgame literature
* Chess boxing
* Chess club
* Chess composer
* Chess in Europe
* Göttingen manuscript
* Chess libraries
* Chess museums
* Chess newspaper columns
* Chess periodicals
* Chess problem
* glossary
* joke chess
* Chess prodigy
* Gökyay Association Chess Museum
* Deep Blue
* Dubrovnik chess set
* Mutilated chessboard problem
* PRO Chess League
* Simultaneous exhibition
* Solving chess
* Staunton chess set
* Top player comparison

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of chess software. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Software:List_of_chess_software&oldid=4218552"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template