chess genius Alternatives

chess genius is described as 'A good chess program that is strong on limited hardware' and is an game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to chess genius for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Android, iPhone and iPad apps. The best chess genius alternative is Lichess, which is both free and Open Source. Other chess genius like games are DecodeChess, KNights, ChessMD and Chessmaster.

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  1. Lichess icon
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    Lichess is the most complete chess experience, with a simple interface that focuses on the game, a massive array of game related tools and a huge, worldwide community.

    68 Lichess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
     
    • Lichess is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to chess genius.

    • Lichess is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to chess genius.

    • Lichess is Free and Open Sourcechess genius is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. DecodeChess icon
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    Explore the first AI chess tutor that explains the why behind moves, offering personal feedback and rich analysis for players up to a 2000 ELO rating. Perfect for discovering chess beauty and logic, DecodeChess combines master insights with engine precision and is free to use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • DecodeChess is the most popular SaaS alternative to chess genius.

    • DecodeChess is Freemium and Proprietarychess genius is also Freemium and Proprietary
  3. KNights icon
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    KNights is a chess game. As a player, your goal is to defeat your opponent by checkmating their king.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
    • KNights is the most popular Linux alternative to chess genius.

    • KNights is Free and Open Sourcechess genius is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. ChessMD icon
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    Improve your chess with unlimited game review, interactive engine analysis, and several other state-of-the-art training utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
    • ChessMD is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to chess genius.

    • ChessMD is Free and Open Sourcechess genius is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ChessMD is Privacy focusedchess genius is not according to our users
  5. Chessmaster icon
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    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.

    58 Chessmaster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Chessmaster is the most popular commercial alternative to chess genius.

    • Chessmaster is Paid and Proprietarychess genius is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Shotgun King icon
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    Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • itch.io
     
  7. Ti chess icon
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    Using barely 200 Kilobytes of ram of the calculator (or the emulated calculator) the chess engine provides:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The Shredder chess programs by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen provide a game playing and analysis tool for everybody and are accepted as one of the best chess programs of the world. Since 1996 Shredder has won thirteen titles as World Computer Chess Champion which makes Shredder the most...

    47 Shredder Chess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • iPad
     
  9. ChessRoots icon
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    Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Chess incorporates our "Treebeard" Chess engine, an innovative engine using closely guarded state-of-the-art search techniques developed for our competition-level Shogi program, which twice came close to capturing the World Championship crown.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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    Play against 8 of the best chess engines, including Stockfish 15 , Leela Chess Zero and Maia.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  12. JustChess icon
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    Play chess against a very simple author written chess engine, or against a friend in pass and play mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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