Scid vs. PC Alternatives

Scid vs. PC is described as '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' and is a Chess Game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Scid vs. PC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Scid vs. PC alternative is En Croissant, which is both free and Open Source. Other Scid vs. PC like games are ChessBase, ChessX, Chessmaster and XBoard.

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    josé is a graphical Chess tool.

    You can store chess games in a database (backed by MySQL).

    You can view games and edit variations and comments.

    You can play against a "plugged-in" chess engine and use it for analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. Fritz icon
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    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...

    50 Fritz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Brutal Chess icon
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    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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    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...

    47 Shredder Chess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • iPad
     
    • Shredder Chess is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Scid vs. PC.

    • Shredder Chess is Paid and ProprietaryScid vs. PC is Free and Open Source
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    Tarrasch is a flexible, minimalist, and easy to use chess GUI. It is ideal for playing against and training with chess engines. Tarrasch has a built in engine but can just as easily be used with other UCI engines such as Rybka or Houdini.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. ChessRoots icon
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    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
     
  7. Pure Chess icon
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    Experience one of the oldest known boardgames on the advanced technology of today. With ultra-realistic and unparalleled beautiful visuals you can almost reach out and touch the pieces. Created under the watchful eye of a fully-fledged Grandmaster; Pure Chess allows players to...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Pure Chess is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Scid vs. PC.

    • Pure Chess is Freemium and ProprietaryScid vs. PC is Free and Open Source
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    World class chess database, analysis and playing software for PC and Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Battle vs. Chess is a computer game version of chess developed by Targem Games and Zuxxez Entertainment and published by TopWare Interactive. It was released on May 17, 2011 for PC (Windows and Mac), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and Wii in Europe.

    40 Check vs Mate alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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    3D chess game done in HTML/CSS/JS.

    27 3D Hartwig chess set alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebKit
     
    • 3D Hartwig chess set is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Scid vs. PC.

    • 3D Hartwig chess set is Free and Open SourceScid vs. PC is also Free and Open Source
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    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
     
  12. Dr. Chess icon
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    Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide in homes, parks, clubs, online, by correspondence...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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