ChessBase Alternatives

Apps similar to ChessBase include OffChess, which has a free version. Other options are ChessEver, En Croissant, Scid vs. PC and scidCommunity. You can choose from more than 10 Chess Databases like ChessBase for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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  1. eboard icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. Chess Opener icon
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    Easily explore, analyse and practice chess openings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. ChessRoller icon
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    Chess database and analysis app for Mac and Windows. Import ChessBase, PGN and SCID files, analyze with UCI engines, and drill your mistakes with spaced repetition.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. With Scid on the go you can browse and search chess databases created with the free chess database application Scid (http://scid.sourceforge.net/).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  5. chessdream.ai is a deep neural network, trained to generate realistic (more or less) chess positions, optionally constrained by a number of preset pieces.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Chess suite in the browser with a searchable 10.4-million-game database for positions, structures, and themes; Stockfish analysis; FSRS spaced-repetition training; detailed repertoire builder; opponent scouting; PGN import; cloud library sync; and AI coach verification.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. MasterChess is a DVD with more than a million chess games and high speed search along with a playing opponent with super strong engines.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Do you want to become better at chess? With Chess Puzzle Master you’ll gain skill, confidence, and strategy solving chess puzzles of all levels. Whether you’re a beginner finding your first tactics or an advanced player seeking challenging checkmates, this app gives you a daily...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. ChessDNA icon
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    Understand. Improve. Dominate.

    Chess DNA turns every game you play into real progress. It looks at how you actually think at the board and shows you what's working, what isn't, and the patterns quietly costing you rating points.

    Find patterns. Fix weaknesses. We study y.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Online
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  10. Pragma Chess keeps your games in databases (PGN, lichess.org and chess.com import, ChessBase files) and lets you study them with Stockfish or any UCI engine.

    7 Pragma Chess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. Manifest Chess Lite is a fully offline PGN reader, viewer and annotator for Mac that opens any chess file instantly and analyses it with Stockfish built in.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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