ChessX Alternatives

Games similar to ChessX include Lichess, which is free and open source. Other options are OffChess, ChessEver, En Croissant and scidCommunity. Chess Games like ChessX are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.

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  1. Pure Chess icon
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    Experience one of the oldest known boardgames on the advanced technology of today. With ultra-realistic and unparalleled beautiful visuals you can almost reach out and touch the pieces. Created under the watchful eye of a fully-fledged Grandmaster; Pure Chess allows players to...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. 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
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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. Chess Royale icon
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    Where Strategy Meets Digital: Dive into the Ultimate Chess Experience. Engage with Millions, Learn from Grandmasters, and Elevate Your Game in a Vibrant Online Community.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Facebook
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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Customize your board as you want. No account required. Play against the computer, friend or opponent from around the world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. 3D Super Chess offers a beautiful and customizable chess experience featuring both 2D and 3D environments. Play against a challenging virtual opponent or friends in PvP mode on the same Mac. Thanks to the rotating chessboard you'll always stay on top of things.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. 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)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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