scidCommunity differs from upstream Scid by offering enhancements not present in the upstream repo. Enhancements include:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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Arena Alternatives
Games similar to Arena include scidCommunity, which is free and open source. Other options are Scid vs. PC, Chessmaster, ChessX and XBoard. You're spoiled for choice with Chess Games like Arena: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, iPad and the web.
Alternatives list
30 Scid vs. PC alternativesShane's Chess Information Database is a powerful Chess Toolkit, with which one can create huge chess databases, run engine analysis, or play casual games against the computer or online with the Free Internet Chess Server.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold as of 2002.
Platforms
- Windows
France
EU
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
XBoard, also known as WinBoard on Microsoft operating systems, is a free graphical user interface client developed by Tim Mann that is compatible with various chess engines that support the Xboard Communication Protocol such as GNU Chess.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
- United States
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40 Lucas Chess alternativesThe aim is to play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
Spain- EU
eboard is a chess interface for Unix-like systems (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc.) based on the GTK+ GUI toolkit. It provides a chess board interface to ICS (Internet Chess Servers) like FICS and to chess engines like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- BSD
Chess Titans is a chess game with 3D graphics developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows 7. It is a fully animated, photorealistic interactive game with ten difficulty levels. It can be played by two participants, or one player against the computer.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Windows
- United States
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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PyChess is a swift chess client originally developed for Gnome, but running well under any other linux desktops. As far as we know of. PyChess is pure, delicious Python code, from the top of the UI to the bottom of the chess engine, and all under GNU General Public License for...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
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josé is a graphical Chess tool.
You can store chess games in a database (backed by MySQL).
You can view games and edit variations and comments.
You can play against a "plugged-in" chess engine and use it for analysis.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
