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Engine GUI List
Here is a list of standalone engines that support WinBoard/UCI protocol, have their own built-in GUI (respectively are delivered with other interfaces) and do not require additional front-ends - see Chessforeva with a collection of well-known programs (Javascript)
Alphabetical Index
- Absolute Zero - proprietary interface without commandline parameter -u (for UCI-protocol)
 
- Acqua - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- AICE - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- Alaric - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Alfil
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
 
- Amyan
- Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- Andscacs - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Animats Chess - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- AnMon - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- Arabian Knight - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Arasan
 
- Arminius
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- Bagatur - GUI is Chess Art for Kids - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Beowulf
- LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 - Net Blitz II by Sébastien Lachance and Yannick Létourneau
 
 
- Betsy - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- BikJump - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Cave Chess - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- CDrill - Python Easy Chess GUI by Ferdinand Mosca
 
- Cheng - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Chess-at-nite - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- ChessBot by Alexander Soto - Java Edition by Alexander Hörtenhuber - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Chispa
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- Cinnamon
- Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - Tarrasch Chess GUI by Bill Forster
 
 
- Clarabit - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Crafty
- Aquarium - Chess Assistant by Convekta Ltd
 - Chess Giants (with an appearance like Chess Titans) by Pierre-Marie Baty
 - Chess Informant Expert Lite by Sahovski Informator
 - ChessRally by Ingenuware Ltd
 - Crafty Chess Interface by Valters Baumanis
 - FBChess by Chessforeva
 - fl Chess by Falco Software
 - Gambit for Mac PPC (not supported since Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion") by Aqueous Software LLC - no longer available at Kagi supplier store
 - Haundrix Chess by Alex Ignácio da Silva
 - LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 - PGN Mentor by 64 Squares
 
 
- Crazybot - Zhouse / Crazyhouse Challenger by Zon Juan Jan
 
- Critter
- Chesster - Google Drive by Michael Goode
 - Ethereal Chess 3D by Jordan Sparks
 - LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- CuckooChess - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Cyrano - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Daydreamer - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- DeepBrutePOS - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Deep Bug - Zhouse / Crazyhouse Challenger by Zon Juan Jan
 
- DeepDuke - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- DeepFish - GUI is Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Defeo - GUI is Double Chess Board by Dušan Škaloud
 
- Delfi
- Aquarium - Chess Assistant by Convekta Ltd
 - GUI is ChessPeer by Sezgin Serin
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- Demolito - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Detroid by Viktor Csomor
 
- Deuterium - Python Easy Chess GUI by Ferdinand Mosca
 
- DiscoCheck - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Dragon - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- Faile - PouetChess - Frédéric Martin
 
- Fairy-Max / MaxQi / ShaMax
- ChessV by Gregory Strong
 - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
 
- Fire - GUI is HFT-Stuttgart GDV 2013 Schach by Stefan Buettner
 
- Fischerle - proprietary interface requires DadaChessfield CB-Compatible, a font for creating chessdiagrams by Daniel Kopp - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Frank Walter - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Fritz by ChessBase GmbH
 
- Fruit
- Chess Giants (with an appearance like Chess Titans) by Pierre-Marie Baty
 - Eschecs by Roland Chastain
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - MasterChess 8000 by Mike Leahy
 - Schach3D - Chess3D by Thomas Schwab Softwareentwicklung
 - WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
 
- Gaïa - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Gambit Fruit - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- GarboChess
- Javascript Edition by Gary Linscott
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- Gaviota
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- Glaurung
- Glaurung (Mac OS X version) - Download by Tord Romstad
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - MacBoard 2010 by Wolf Stephan Kappesser - no longer available
 - Schach3D - Chess3D by Thomas Schwab Softwareentwicklung
 
 
- GNU Chess
- 3dMChess by Alessandro Musacchio
 - AmyBoard by Jochen Wiedmann
 - Chess Giants (with an appearance like Chess Titans) by Pierre-Marie Baty
 - Chesstacular by Art aka atimes
 - chessxtra by Alec Vance / Rob Terrell
 - Ceibal-Chess by Alejandro Segovia Azapian
 - CLIM by Stas Boukarev
 - CSBoard by Nickolay V. Shmyrev
 - eBook SDK by Leopoldo Bueno Castillo
 - FreeChess4 by Renaud Helias
 - GALBoard by Maurizio Galeone
 - GNU Chess (Old versions) for Windows ports by Conor McCarthy / Daryl Baker
 - glutboard - OpenGL / GLUT chess board (for GNU Chess) by Burns Ethan
 - Haundrix Chess by Alex Ignácio da Silva
 - LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 - Next Chess Move by Next Chess Move LLC
 - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
 
- Gödel Engine - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Golem - GUI is LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 
- GreKo - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- GullChess - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Hamsters - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Hermann - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- Horizon Chess - GUI is LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 
- Houdini
- GUI is Ethereal Chess 3D by Jordan Sparks
 - MasterChess 8000 by Mike Leahy
 
 
- IntelliChess - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- Irina - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Junior
- Bobby Junior GUI by World Chess Live / Internet Chess Club, Inc - no longer available
 
 
- K2 - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- KMTChess - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- Komodo
- Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
 
- LeelaChessZero
- Nibbler by fohristiwhirl
 
 
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- Chess Tiger (Native/UCI) by Christophe Théron - no longer available - Chess Light Tiger
 - Deep Sjeng (UCI/WinBoard) by Gian-Carlo Pascutto - no longer available - Sjeng (WinBoard)- Haundrix Chess
 - Gandalf (Native/UCI/WinBoard) by Steen Suurballe - Dutch website of Schröder B.V. - no longer available - Frank´s Chess Page
 - Ktulu (UCI/WinBoard) by Rahman Paidar - no longer available - Freeware
 - Rebel (WinBoard) by Ed Schröder - no longer available - Freeware
 - SmarThink (UCI/WinBoard) by Sergei Markoff - no longer available - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge - Russian main page - SDChess
 
 
- Magnum Chess - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Mediocre Chess - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Monarch - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Mustang
- LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 - Net Chess by NetIntellGames
 
 
- NapoleonPP
- Scid by Shane Hudson and Pascal Georges
 - Tarrasch Chess GUI by Bill Forster / Triple Happy Ltd
 
 
- Naum
- Chess Coach - discontinued
 - FBChess by Chessforeva
 - MasterChess 8000 by Mike Leahy
 
 
- Nejmet
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
 
- Onno Chess - development of this project ended
 
- Pandora Chess (not stable edition) - Balázs Csanád Csáji
 
- Pawny - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Phalanx
- Scid by Shane Hudson and Pascal Georges
 - Scid vs. PC by Steven Atkinson
 
 
- PicoLisp Chess (text-based interface) by Alexander Burger, type to obtain an ASCII board the command $ pil /usr/share/picolisp/games/chess.l -main
 
- Presbyter - GUI is SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Pulsar - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- Punica UCI - GUI is WinBoard TC by C. Anzio and A. Barjon
 
- PyChess (Engine - Client - GUI) by Thomas Dybdahl Ahle / Tamás Bajusz
 
- PyTuroChamp - Python Chess by Martin C. Doege / Niklas Fiekas
 
- Quark - GUI is LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 
- ROCE - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Rodent
- Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - SimpleChess by Europe Échecs
 
 
- Ruffian
- Aquarium - Chess Assistant by Convekta Ltd
 - Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - Chess Informant Expert (Lite) by Sahovski Informator
 
 
- Rumney Chess - GUI is SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- Rybka
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - CheekyChess by bingojamigo
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - MasterChess 8000 by Mike Leahy
 - Multiprocessor version - Singleprocessor version - GUIs by Chessbase GmbH
 - Peshk@ Training Courses - GUI by Convekta Ltd
 - Schach3D - Chess3D by Thomas Schwab Softwareentwicklung
 - Tarrasch Chess GUI by Bill Forster / Triple Happy Ltd
 
 
- Saruman - Gandalf Chess GUI by Terry Bolt / Conor Griffin / Darragh Griffin
 
- ScalaChess - ScalaChessGUI by scalachessgui
 
- Scidlet
- Scid by Shane Hudson and Pascal Georges
 - Scid vs. PC by Steven Atkinson
 
 
- Shredder
 
- Simplex - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Sjaak
- ChessV by Gregory Strong
 - Own Interface by Evert Glebbeek
 - PyChess (Engine - Client - GUI) by Thomas Dybdahl Ahle / Tamás Bajusz
 
 
- Sjeng
- BPGN Viewer by Zon Juan Jan and Sergiy Vasylkevych
 - GUI is Double Chess Board by Dušan Škaloud
 - Haundrix Chess by Alex Ignácio da Silva
 - Suicide / Giveaway Challenger by Zon Juan Jan
 - Zhouse / Crazyhouse Challenger by Zon Juan Jan
 
 
- SOS - GUI is Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 
- Spark
- MasterChess 8000 including Spark UCI by Mike Leahy
 - GUI and WinBoard Engine written in Adobe Actionscript 3 - Media Division srl, Romania
 
 
- Spike
- Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - GUI is José Chess Database by Peter Schäfer
 
 
- Stockfish
- Analyze This Chess by Asim Pereira
 - Arena by Martin Blume / Michael Diosi
 - Chess Application by Laurent Bernabé
 - Chess Giants (with an appearance like Chess Titans) by Pierre-Marie Baty
 - Chess Hero by Innokuo
 - Chess Insight for Mac by Sergii Guslystyi
 - Chessrock by andreyskv
 - Chesster by Basti Tee
 - Chess Wizard by Shanghai Xianqu Info-Tech Co., Ltd
 - CoffeeHouse by Wolf Stephan Kappesser
 - Deep Chess for Windows by Lachezar Balgariev
 - DirtChess by David Lewis
 - droidmate - Android Chess GUI by andreyskv
 - Fancy by Marek Kwiatkowski
 - Forward Chess by WiTechnoME LLC
 - HFT-Stuttgart GDV 2013 Schach by Stefan Buettner
 - ICC Dasher by Internet Chess Club
 - Jerry by Dominik Klein
 - kivy-chess by Shivkumar Shivaji
 - Kvetka by Dimitry Bodiagin
 - Lichess by Thibault Duplessis
 - LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - MasterChess 8000 by Mike Leahy
 - MinkiChess by MinkiChess.com - Balachandran Subramaniam
 - Next Chess Move by Next Chess Move LLC
 - PyChess (Engine - Client - GUI) by Thomas Dybdahl Ahle / Tamás Bajusz
 - Raptor Chess Interface - GitHub by Carson Day
 - Scid by Shane Hudson and Pascal Georges
 - stockfisher by Burak Ogan Mancarci
 - Stockfish-GUI for Mac OS X by Daylen Yang
 - Web GUI for Stockfish Chess - GitHub by Dr. R. Urban
 
 
- Strelka - MasterChess 8000 by Mike Leahy
 
- Sunsetter
- BPGN Viewer by Zon Juan Jan and Sergiy Vasylkevych
 - Double Chess Board by Dušan Škaloud
 - Zhouse / Crazyhouse Challenger by WhoAmI
 
 
- Surprise - GUI is LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 
- Tao - Chess Buddy by Play Buddy, LLC
 
- Tarrasch Toy Engine
- Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - Tarrasch Chess GUI by Bill Forster
 
 
- Texel - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- The Baron - GUI is LiliaChess by Carlo Bellentani
 
- The Crazy Bishop - The Chess Level 100 by Rémi Coulom / UNBALANCE Corporation
 
- Toga
- José Chess Database by Peter Schäfer
 - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 - Scid by Shane Hudson and Pascal Georges
 - Scid vs. PC by Steven Atkinson
 
 
- TRACE - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- Tri-language Open Source Chess - SJCE by Roman Koldaev a.k.a harp07
 
- TSCP
- ANS Forth Chess by Ian Osgood
 - ChessApp - Java applet by Peter Hunter
 - Chessboard Component by Daniel Terhell
 
 
- TwistedLogic - GUI is Schach3D - Chess3D by Thomas Schwab Softwareentwicklung
 
- Ufim - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Umko - Lucas Chess by Lucas Monge
 
- Weini - GUI is WinBoard by Alessandro Scotti / H.G. Muller / Tim Mann
 
- Yace Paderborn - GUI is ChessPeer by Sezgin Serin
 
===== Contributors =====
Thanks to Norbert Raimund Leisner for creating this list! Additional information from: Lex Domingo.