Pure Chess Alternatives

Games similar to Pure Chess include Lichess, which is free and open source. Other options are Chess.com, ChessNoStress, scidCommunity and DecodeChess. You're spoiled for choice with Chess Games like Pure Chess: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, the web, Android, Mac and iPad.

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  1. Lucas Chess icon
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    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.

    39 Lucas Chess alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. 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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  3. DroidFish Chess icon
     14 likes

    DroidFish is a feature-rich graphical chess user interface, combined with the very strong Stockfish chess engine.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  4. Open Chaos Chess is a variation of chess where you can pick the piece that moves, but the moves are random. As such, you no longer win by checkmates. Instead, you win by eliminating your opponent's pieces.

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    • Android
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  5. Shotgun King icon
     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • itch.io
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  6. Magic Chess 3D is a magical game of kings and queens of England that will teach you how to play chess. Tap a chess piece to make a move. Attack the opponent’s pieces to capture the king. It's as simple as that! The more you play, the sooner you'll become the chess master!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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  7. Echo Chess icon
     1 like

    Echo Chess is the viral daily puzzle game: you become what you eat. Play Classic, Epic, Zen Mode, for free. Transform as you capture in this mobile web chess variant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Chess Titans icon
     10 likes

    Chess Titans is a chess game with 3D graphics developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows 7. It is a fully animated, photorealistic interactive game with ten difficulty levels. It can be played by two participants, or one player against the computer.

    33 Chess Titans alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Fritz icon
     7 likes

    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...

    55 Fritz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Brutal Chess icon
     4 likes

    Brutal Chess Brutal Chess features full 3D graphics, an advanced particle engine, and several different levels of intelligent AI, inspired by the once popular Battle Chess.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  11. 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...

    51 Shredder Chess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • iPad
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  12. ChessRoots icon
     3 likes

    Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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