Comparison of chess video games
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This is a comparison of
video games
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General information
| Developer | First release | Latest release | License | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Chess | Silicon & Synapse (C64)[1]
|
1988 | 1994 | Commercial | Sharp X68000
|
Battle Chess: Game of Kings
|
Interplay | 2014 | n/a | Commercial | Windows |
| Battle vs. Chess | Zuxxez Entertainment
|
2011 | n/a | Topware Interactive )
|
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| Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure | Pixel Wizards[2][3] | 2018 | n/a | Commercial | Mac OS X
|
| Chess Assistant | Victor Zakharov | 1988 | 2018 | Commercial (Convekta) | Windows |
Chessbase
|
Mathias Wüllenweber, Mathias Feist
|
1987 | 2018 | Chessbase )
|
Windows, Android |
| Chessmaster | David Kittinger, Kathe and Dan Spracklen, Johan de Koning | 1986 | 2008 | Commercial (Ubisoft) | Various |
| Chess Titans | Oberon Games | 2007 | n/a | Included in Microsoft Windows Vista and 7 | Windows Vista, Windows 7 |
| ChessV | Gregory Strong | 2009 | n/a | GPL
|
Windows |
| Combat Chess | Minds Eye Productions | 1997 | n/a | Commercial | Windows |
| Fritz | Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist, Gyula Horvath, Vasik Rajlich
|
1991 | 2018 | Chessbase )
|
Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS |
| Fritz and Chesster | Chessbase
|
2005 | 2010 | Chessbase )
|
Mac, Nintendo DS
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GNOME Chess
|
Robert Ancell, GNOME Team | 2000 | 2018 | Free | Unix-like |
| GNU Chess | Stuart Cracraft, John Stanback, Chua Kong-Sian, Fabien Letouzey | 1984 | 2013 | Free | Windows, Unix-like |
| HIARCS | Mark Uniacke | 1980 | 2012 | Chessbase , Hiarcs.com)
|
ARM-based Palm OS
|
| Houdini | Robert Houdart | 2010 | 2018 | Chessbase , Convekta)
|
Windows |
| Junior | Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky | 1997 | 2014 | Chessbase , Hiarcs.com)
|
Windows |
| Komodo | Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler | 2010 | 2018 | Chessbase , Komodochess.com)
|
Macintosh Operating System, Android
|
| Playchess | Chessbase
|
2003 | 2018 | Chessbase )
|
Windows, web |
| Play Magnus | Tord Romstad | 2014 | 2018 | Free to try with in-app purchases | Android, iOS |
| Pure Chess | VooFoo Studios | 2012 | n/a | Ripstone )
|
Windows, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
| pyChess | PyChess Project | 2006 | 2018 | GPL
|
Unix-like Windows |
| Rybka | Vasik Rajlich | 2010 | Chessbase , rybkachess.com)
|
Windows | |
Shredder
|
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen | 1993 | 2010 | Chessbase Shredderchess.com)
|
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| Wii Chess | Fritz Reul | 2008 | n/a | Commercial | Wii |
Winboard/xBoard
|
Tim Mann, Harm Geert Muller | 2013 | Free GPL
|
X11, Windows
|
Gameplay
| included chess engine(s) | Can open/save PGN | Can import UCI[a] engines | Levels | 3D or Animated pieces | Variants | Online multiplayer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquarium | Crafty, Delfi, Rybka, Spike | Yes | Yes | multivariation,[b] uci_elo[a] | No | Chess960 | No |
| Battle Chess | n/a | No | No | Yes | No | ||
Battle Chess: Game of Kings
|
n/a | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| Battle vs. Chess | Fritz | No | No | levels 1-9 | Yes | ||
| Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure | Chessaria AICE | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Chess Assistant | Dragon, Rybka | Yes | Yes | multivariation, uci_elo[a] | No | Chess960 | No |
Chessbase
|
Fritz | Yes | Yes | uci_elo[a] for analysis but no timed games | Yes | Chess960 | No |
| Chessmaster | The King | Yes | No | Personalities with Elo ratings | Yes | No | No longer supported |
| Chess Titans | n/a | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| ChessV | |||||||
| Combat Chess | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Fritz | Rybka, earlier Pandix or Fritz | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode,[c] Handicap and Fun,[d] uci_elo[a] | Yes | Chess960 | |
| Fritz and Chesster | Koenig Schwarz | ||||||
GNOME Chess
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| GNU Chess | GNU chess
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Yes | No | No | Knightmate, Capablanca, Gothic, Shatranj, Courier, Cylinder, Berolina | No | |
Hiarcs Chess Explorer
|
Hiarcs
|
Yes | Yes | uci_elo[a] | No | No | No |
Chessbase Houdini
|
Houdini | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode,[c] Handicap and Fun,[d] uci_elo[a] | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
Chessbase Junior
|
Junior | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo[a] | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
Chessbase Komodo
|
Komodo | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode,[c] Handicap and Fun,[d] uci_elo[a] | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
| Playchess | none | Yes | No | Other players have Elo rating | No | Chess960 | Yes |
| Play Magnus | Glaurung | Yes | No | can choose Magnus' age | No | No | No |
| Pure Chess | n/a | No | No | Yes | |||
| pyChess | Pychess engine, Stockfish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Chessbase Rybka
|
Rybka | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo[a] | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
Shredder UCI GUI
|
Shredder
|
Yes | Yes | uci_elo[a] | No | Chess960 | No |
| Wii Chess | Loop Express | No | No | No longer supported | |||
Winboard/xBoard
|
Crafty | Yes | via UCI2WB | No | No | Knightmate, Capablanca, Gothic, Shatranj, Courier, Cylinder, Berolina | Yes |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "A Decade of Blizzard". IGN. 2001-02-01. Archived from the original on February 18, 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
Commodore 64 Battle Chess, Windows Battle Chess, Amiga Battle Chess II, Amiga Lord of the Rings, and Windows Shanghai were some of our early projects.
- ^ "Steam store page (Chessaria)". Steam.
- ^ "Review page of Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure". metacritic.com.