HIARCS Chess Explorer Alternatives

HIARCS Chess Explorer is described as 'World class chess database, analysis and playing software for PC and Mac' and is an game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to HIARCS Chess Explorer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, Mac and Linux apps. The best HIARCS Chess Explorer alternative is Lichess, which is both free and Open Source. Other HIARCS Chess Explorer like games are Scid vs. PC, DecodeChess, KNights and ChessMD.

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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 HIARCS Chess Explorer.

    • Lichess is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to HIARCS Chess Explorer.

    • Lichess is Free and Open SourceHIARCS Chess Explorer is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Scid vs. PC icon
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    Shane's Chess Information Database is a powerful Chess Toolkit, with which one can create huge chess databases, run engine analysis, or play casual games against the computer or online with the Free Internet Chess Server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
    • Scid vs. PC is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to HIARCS Chess Explorer.

    • Scid vs. PC is Free and Open SourceHIARCS Chess Explorer is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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 HIARCS Chess Explorer.

    • DecodeChess is Freemium and ProprietaryHIARCS Chess Explorer is Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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 HIARCS Chess Explorer.

    • Chessmaster is Paid and ProprietaryHIARCS Chess Explorer is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Arena icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  10. 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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    Nimzo 3d Chess GUI is a general purpose chess program for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Fritz icon
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    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...

    50 Fritz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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