Comparison of chess video games

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This is a comparison of chess video games.

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Developer First release Latest releaseLicensePlatform
Battle Chess Interplay
Silicon & Synapse (C64) [1] 		19881994 Commercial Windows, Apple Inc., Amiga, 3DO, Acorn Archimedes, Atari, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, FM Towns, NES, PC-98, Sharp X68000
Battle Chess: Game of Kings Interplay 2014n/a Commercial Windows
Battle vs. Chess Targem Games
Zuxxez Entertainment 		2011n/a Commercial (Topware Interactive) Windows, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure Pixel Wizards [2] [3] 2018n/a Commercial Windows, Mac OS X
Chess Assistant Victor Zakharov19882018 Commercial (Convekta) Windows
Chessbase Mathias Wüllenweber, Mathias Feist 19872018 Commercial (Chessbase) Windows, Android
Chessmaster David Kittinger, Kathe and Dan Spracklen, Johan de Koning19862008 Commercial (Ubisoft)Various
Chess Titans Oberon Games2007n/aIncluded in Microsoft Windows Vista and 7 Windows Vista, Windows 7
ChessV Gregory Strong2009n/a GPL Windows
Combat Chess Minds Eye Productions1997n/a Commercial Windows
Fritz Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist, Gyula Horvath, Vasik Rajlich 19912018 Commercial (Chessbase) Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS
Fritz and Chesster Chessbase 20052010 Commercial (Chessbase) Windows, Mac, Nintendo DS
GNOME Chess Robert Ancell, GNOME Team20002018Free Unix-like
GNU Chess Stuart Cracraft, John Stanback, Chua Kong-Sian, Fabien Letouzey19842013Free Windows, Unix-like
HIARCS Mark Uniacke19802012 Commercial (Chessbase, Hiarcs.com) Windows, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Freescale DragonBall, ARM-based Palm OS
Houdini Robert Houdart20102018 Commercial (Chessbase, Convekta) Windows
Junior Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky19972014 Commercial (Chessbase, Hiarcs.com) Windows
Komodo Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler20102018 Commercial (Chessbase, Komodochess.com) Windows, Linux, Macintosh Operating System, Android
Playchess Chessbase 20032018 Commercial (Chessbase) Windows, web
Play Magnus Tord Romstad20142018Free to try with in-app purchases Android, iOS
Pure Chess VooFoo Studios2012n/a Commercial (Ripstone) Windows, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
pyChess PyChess Project20062018 GPL Unix-like Windows
Rybka Vasik Rajlich 2010 Commercial (Chessbase, rybkachess.com) Windows
Shredder Stefan Meyer-Kahlen 19932010 Commercial (Chessbase Shredderchess.com) Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android
War Chess SuperEmpire Interactive20032004 Commercial Windows, Playstation 2
Wii Chess Fritz Reul2008n/a Commercial Wii
Winboard/xBoard Tim Mann, Harm Geert Muller2013Free GPL Unix-like, X11, Windows

Gameplay

included chess engine(s)Can open/save PGNCan import UCI [a] enginesLevels3D or Animated piecesVariantsOnline multiplayer
Aquarium Crafty, Delfi, Rybka, SpikeYesYesmultivariation, [b] uci_elo [a] NoChess960No
Battle Chess n/aNoNoYesNo
Battle Chess: Game of Kings n/aNoNoYesNo
Battle vs. Chess Fritz NoNolevels 1-9Yes
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure Chessaria AICENoNoYesYesYes
Chess Assistant Dragon, Rybka YesYesmultivariation, uci_elo [a] NoChess960No
Chessbase Fritz YesYesuci_elo [a] for analysis but no timed gamesYesChess960No
Chessmaster The KingYesNoPersonalities with Elo ratingsYesNoNo longer supported
Chess Titans n/aNoNoYesNoNo
ChessV
Combat Chess n/aYesYesYes
Fritz Rybka, earlier Pandix or Fritz YesYesFriend Mode, [c] Handicap and Fun, [d] uci_elo [a] YesChess960
Fritz and Chesster Koenig Schwarz
GNOME Chess
GNU Chess GNU chess YesNoNoKnightmate, Capablanca, Gothic, Shatranj, Courier, Cylinder, BerolinaNo
Hiarcs Chess Explorer Hiarcs YesYesuci_elo [a] NoNoNo
Chessbase Houdini Houdini YesYesFriend Mode, [c] Handicap and Fun, [d] uci_elo [a] YesChess960Yes
Chessbase Junior Junior YesYesFriend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo [a] YesChess960Yes
Chessbase Komodo Komodo YesYesFriend Mode, [c] Handicap and Fun, [d] uci_elo [a] YesChess960Yes
Playchess noneYesNoOther players have Elo ratingNoChess960Yes
Play Magnus GlaurungYesNocan choose Magnus' ageNoNoNo
Pure Chess n/aNoNoYes
pyChess Pychess engine, Stockfish YesYesYes
Chessbase Rybka Rybka YesYesFriend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo [a] YesChess960Yes
Shredder UCI GUI Shredder YesYesuci_elo [a] NoChess960No
War Chess n/aNoNoA slider for windows, 10 levels for Playstation 2YesNofor Windows
Wii Chess Loop ExpressNoNoNo longer supported
Winboard/xBoard Crafty Yesvia UCI2WBNoNoKnightmate, Capablanca, Gothic, Shatranj, Courier, Cylinder, BerolinaYes

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Acronym for Universal Chess Interface
  2. ↑ The GUI will take a second or third best move from the engine.
  3. 1 2 3 The GUI will adjust the level of play during each game based on how well the player is playing.
  4. 1 2 3 The player can select the Elo rating and style that the engine will play.

References

  1. ↑ "A Decade of Blizzard". IGN. 2001-02-01. Archived from the original on February 18, 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-07. Commodore 64 Battle Chess, Windows Battle Chess, Amiga Battle Chess II, Amiga Lord of the Rings, and Windows Shanghai were some of our early projects.
  2. ↑ "Steam store page (Chessaria)". Steam.
  3. ↑ "Review page of Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure". metacritic.com.
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