List of chess software
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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.
Chess-playing programs for personal computers
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- 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
- Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure
- ChessGenius
- Chessmaster
- ChessV
- Colossus Chess
- Combat Chess
- Cyber Chess
- Delfi
- 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
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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.
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- 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
- Rybka{{cite book |last1=Herik |first1=Jaap van den |last2=Herik |first2=H. Jaap van den |last3=Spronck |first3=Pieter |title=Advances in Computer Games: 12th International Conference, ACG 2009, Pamplona, Spain, May 11-13, 2009, Revised Papers |date=20 May 2010 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-642-12992-6 |page=205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9SVHtYsz3cC&pg=PA205 |language=en}}
- Shredder
- Sjeng
- SmarThink
- Stockfish
- Torch
- Turochamp
- Zappa
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Chess graphical user interfaces
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- Chess Assistant
- ChessBase
- Chessmaster
- Fritz
- GNOME Chess
- Hiarcs Chess Explorer
- PyChess
- Shane's Chess Information Database
- Shredder
- Winboard
- XBoard
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Chess-playing programs for video game consoles
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- 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{{cite web |title=Wii Chess |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/wii-chess-review |website=Eurogamer.net |access-date=3 November 2024 |language=en |date=24 January 2008}}
- Star Wars Chess
- Battle Chess
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Chess apps for phones/tablets
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- Chess Tiger (iOS)
- Fritz Chess
- HIARCS
- Komodo engine
- Play Magnus
- Pocket Fritz (Pocketpc)
- Shredder
- Stockfish
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Chess computers
The following are special-purpose hardware/software combinations that are inextricably connected:
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Programs for reading and editing chess databases
- Chess Assistant
- Chess Informant Expert
- ChessBase
- Shane's Chess Information Database
- [http://github.com/louchesprocket/pgnutil pgnutil]