Chess.com Alternatives

The top-rated alternative to Chess.com is Lichess, which is free and open source. People also recommend Chess Tempo, ChessEver, ChessUnlock and Noctie.ai. There's no shortage of Chess Games like Chess.com, with more than 25 alternatives for the web, Android, Windows, iPhone and Mac.

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  1. SparkChess icon
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    Play, learn and have fun with a free online chess game designed for everyone, regardless of their level. Improve your skills with various AI opponents or challenge your friends in multiplayer!.

    27 SparkChess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. Chessis icon
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    Chessis is one of the best Chess Analyzer apps. It helps you to improve your chess by analyzing your games and providing you with game reports which contain Blunders, Missed Wins, Best Moves, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  3. Fritz icon
     7 likes

    Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Chessigma icon
     2 likes

    Free chess game review tool for Chess.com, Lichess, and PGN games.

    12 Chessigma alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. KNights icon
     2 likes

    KNights is a chess game. As a player, your goal is to defeat your opponent by checkmating their king.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  6. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • iPad
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  7. CT-ART icon
     1 like

    CT-ART is considered the best and most effective chess tactics course by many experts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8.  1 like

    NexoChess is a free and open-source website whose objective is to make learning chess completely free. Avaliable to practice puzzles, analyse chess.com and lichess.org games, learning new openings and observe your performing statistics.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. chess.org icon
     1 like

    Play chess against computer, challenge a friend, or find a random opponent simply by one click. No registration or additional download required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Caissa Codex gives every named line of the Lichess chess-openings dataset its own page: the moves on an interactive board, win/draw/loss statistics from Lichess games, results by rating band and in master games for the 1,500 most-played lines, a Stockfish 19 evaluation and the...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Chessvia AI offers a revolutionary chess experience with Chessy, your personal AI chess coach that speaks, listens, and adapts to your style. Play games, analyze positions, and improve faster with real-time voice coaching that combines engine precision with human-like explanations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Google Chrome
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  12. XBoard icon
     21 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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