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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LightFICS is a FICS/freechess,org Mac OS X application to play chess online. The app has automatic login and automatic game...

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LightFICS alternatives page was last updated Apr 18, 2016
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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.

    55 XBoard alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com

    XBoard Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Graphical User Interface
    Screenshot during gameplay
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    Discontinued

    Last version is from 2016

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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...

    40 BabasChess alternatives
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    License model

    • 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).

    46 Jin alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Discontinued

    Sourceforge says "Last Update: 2013-04-30"

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    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:

    15 Raptor Chess Interface alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Raptor Chess Interface Features

    1.  Java based
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