Lichess is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Shredder Chess. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Lucas Chess or XBoard. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Lichess and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Lichess are ChessX, Jin, KNights and ChessMD.
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...
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.
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.
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).
KNights is a chess game. As a player, your goal is to defeat your opponent by checkmating their king.
Improve your chess with unlimited game review, interactive engine analysis, and several other state-of-the-art training utilities.
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.
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.
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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