LightFICS Alternatives

LightFICS is described as 'FICS/freechess,org Mac OS X application to play chess online. The app has automatic login and automatic game search (aka quickplay). It's very easy to setup and play for beginners using a single-click to play' and is an game in the games category. There are four games similar to LightFICS for Windows, Linux, Mac and PortableApps.com. The best LightFICS alternative is XBoard, which is both free and Open Source. Other LightFICS like games are BabasChess, Jin and Raptor Chess Interface.

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    XBoard

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    • XBoard is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to LightFICS.

    • XBoard is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LightFICS.

    • XBoard is Free and Open SourceLightFICS is Paid and Proprietary
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    BabasChess

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    BabasChess is a new revolutionary Internet Chess Client for Windows. It combines ease of use with powerful features for advanced users; integrates a fast and customizable playing environment with a powerful PGN viewer/editor, chess engines support for analyzing positions and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Jin

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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Raptor Chess Interface icon

    Raptor Chess Interface

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    Raptor is a cross platform chess interface and pgn viewer for the free internet chess server: FICS. It has the following features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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