Chessmaster Alternatives for Linux

Chessmaster is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Lucas Chess, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Chessmaster and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Chessmaster are ChessX, XBoard, Arena and ChessCoach.

Chessmaster alternatives are mainly Chess Games but may also be Chess Databases. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Chessmaster.

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Lucas Chess
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Chess Game
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34 Lucas Chess alternatives
The 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.
- - Lucas Chess is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Chessmaster.
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1. PortableLucas Chess can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Most of chess software lacks of good training features but lucas chess have great training features
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ChessX
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Chess Database
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24 ChessX alternatives
Open source chess database.
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XBoard
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55 XBoard alternatives
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.
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1. PortableXBoard can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Arena
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27 Arena alternatives
Arena is a free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess. Arena helps you in analyzing and playing games as well as in testing chess engines. It runs on Linux or Windows. Arena is compatible to UCI and Winboard protocols.
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Database Publishing
ChessCoach
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Lichess
8 ChessCoach alternatives
ChessCoach is a neural network-based chess engine capable of natural-language commentary. It plays chess with a rating of approximately 3450 Elo, which means it should usually beat even the strongest human players at 2850 Elo, and many other engines, but will often lose to the...
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Shredder Chess
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45 Shredder Chess alternatives
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...
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DreamChess
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14 DreamChess alternatives
DreamChess is an open source chess game featuring "Dreamer", a moderately strong engine. Any XBoard-compatible chess engine (Crafty & GNU Chess) will work for varying degrees of difficulty. Includes 3D OpenGL graphics and various board sets.
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Jin
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46 Jin alternatives
Jin is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for chess servers, written in Java. Jin can run either as a standalone application (available at this website) or as an applet, directly from your browser (available at the chess server's website).
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Gnome Chess
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Chess Game
Linux
20 Gnome Chess alternatives
GNOME Chess is a 2D chess game, where games can be played between a combination of human and computer players. GNOME Chess detects known third party chess engines for computer players.
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WinBoard
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Board Game
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17 WinBoard alternatives
Winboard works more as a graphic front-end for several different chess engines included with the game, as well as for several chess game modes. These include not only player vs player or human vs computer competitions, but also games played online and even by email.
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Graphical User Interface
Project Invincible
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Free • Open Source
Chess Game
Windows
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PortableApps.com
39 Project Invincible alternatives
Project Invincible is a free, portable, open source and cross-platform chess game. Challenge a friend to a 3D chess battle or test your skills against a computer opponent.
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Project Invincible Features
1. PortableProject Invincible can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
ChessDB
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Free • Open Source
Chess Database
Mac
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Linux
BSD
21 ChessDB alternatives
ChessDB - a free Chess database for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and UNIX - like ChessBase , but better.
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last changed 2009