HIARCS Chess Explorer Alternatives

Games similar to HIARCS Chess Explorer include Lichess, which is free and open source. Other options are scidCommunity, DecodeChess, Scid vs. PC and KNights. Chess Games like HIARCS Chess Explorer are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Android, iPhone, Mac and Linux.

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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.

    87 Lichess alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
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  2. scidCommunity icon
     2 likes

    scidCommunity differs from upstream Scid by offering enhancements not present in the upstream repo. Enhancements include:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  3. DecodeChess icon
     4 likes

    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.

    68 DecodeChess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Scid vs. PC icon
     16 likes

    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.

    30 Scid vs. PC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  6. ChessMD icon
     1 like

    Improve your chess with unlimited game review, interactive engine analysis, and several other state-of-the-art training utilities.

    61 ChessMD alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. Chessmaster icon
     14 likes

    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.

    63 Chessmaster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Arena icon
     13 likes

    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.

    26 Arena alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Shotgun King icon
     2 likes

    Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • itch.io
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  10. Chessis icon
     2 likes

    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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  11. Ti chess icon
     3 likes

    Using barely 200 Kilobytes of ram of the calculator (or the emulated calculator) the chess engine provides:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
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