http://computer-chess.org/ 2025-12-14T14:08:38-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/ http://computer-chess.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2020-06-06T17:17:18-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list&rev=1591478238&do=diff Chess Engine List This is a list of all available XB/UCI chess engines that run on Linux, Mac, and/or Windows. The most recently released engines can always be found at the top of the list. New engines are added as I find them. All engines are tracked for updates on an irregular basis, usually every week or two. Other miscellaneous sources of chess engine information are Guenther Simon, Eric Terrien - Programmes PC Freeware. Older engines are available from: Czech Engine List (administrator… text/html 2019-04-30T09:19:49-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list&rev=1556630389&do=diff Chess Logos List This is a collection of chess logos for Native / WinBoard / UCI engines. Alphabetical Index * Jim Ablett * Patrick Buchmann * Wilhelm Hudetz * Arnaud Lohéac * SDchess "Toplists 1-6" * Survey of the following members etc. * Graham Banks * David Dahlem * Logomania * Norbert Leisner * Axel Schumacher * Dušan Stamenković text/html 2014-11-14T16:42:21-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list&rev=1416001341&do=diff News List Interesting computer-chess announcements and discoveries. (ie: Chess tools, Chess GUIs, pgn collections, computer-chess opening books in various formats, old chess engines, protocol translators, etc.) This list includes commercial, shareware, and free software. The major chess software is shown in bold. text/html 2019-04-30T09:36:41-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_tutorials_list&rev=1556631401&do=diff Chess Tutorials List Software which is designed for learning the chess rules / strategies / theory of openings etc. Alphabetical Index * Chess Eye - master the art of visualisation - Alexander Fleischer / Deborah Kuschel / Jan Matthies * Chessimo - 8 x 8 Media AG text/html 2019-04-30T09:41:31-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:clone_engine_list&rev=1556631691&do=diff Lists Clone Engine List This is a partial list of Winboard/UCI chess engines that were proven to be unauthorized copies of legitimate engines. I may remove some clones that did not get distributed widely. I am not going to list fake “upgrade versions” of legitimate engines. There are too many clones to list them all, so I want to list those that fooled us long enough to play in a major tournament, or authors who released clones more than once. Many of the programmer names shown under 'Cloner'… text/html 2019-04-30T10:06:01-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:eco_nco_xref&rev=1556633161&do=diff ECO - NCO Cross Reference Introduction I've always thought that Nunn's Chess Openings should include this cross-reference as an appendix. I don't know if there will be future editions of NCO, but this cross-reference is for the first edition. Hopefully, future NCO editions will include this information. text/html 2019-07-26T11:01:40-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list&rev=1564153300&do=diff Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List An enumeration of programs and chess interfaces with different EGTBs / EGBBs is listed below. A site with multi-metric access for endgames contains Chess Jaet.org Alphabetical Index * Booot - EGTBs generator text/html 2020-03-31T04:39:33-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list&rev=1585643973&do=diff 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) text/html 2017-06-10T01:54:30-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:free_bsd_engine_list&rev=1497074070&do=diff FreeBSD Engine List Here is a list for chess engines that run under FreeBSD. Please confer The MacPorts Project Official Homepage respectively MacPorts Portfiles and Open Source Initiative websites for detailed informations. A survey of FreeBSD compatible chess programs/GUIs etc. contains the website Chess Software text/html 2020-05-26T10:39:36-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list&rev=1590503976&do=diff GUI Protocol List This is a list of Chess GUIs that support at least one major chess communication protocol (Winboard, UCI or Chessbase). The former very common Millenium Chess System (MCS) is only used by a few graphical user interfaces because Millenium 2000 GmbH - Hegener & Weiner, a private limited company in Germany, sells nowadays chess computers, game consoles - but no pc software (information by Djordje Bucan, department service). Free available frontends are available on GitHub and… text/html 2016-05-06T05:59:20-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:icga_tournament_list&rev=1462528760&do=diff ICGA Tournament Engine List A list of chess software and computers which participated in tournaments organized by ICGA International Computer Games Association. Publications of these results are made by the French project “Groupe de Recherche sur l´Apprentissage Automatique” (Université “Charles de Gaulle”, Lille). See the whole aphabetical survey here Programmes d´Échecs - not mentioned are programs from other CC-Wiki Engines Lists respectively with unknown names of their authors.… text/html 2019-08-14T17:06:41-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:index&rev=1565816801&do=diff Lists * Chess Engine List - A list of all chess engine home pages and alternate download sites * Chess Logos List - compilation of logos which are created by different persons * Chess Tutorials List - A list of programs with the intention of learning chess * Clone Engine List - A list of chess engines proven to be clones of their originals * ECO/NCO Cross Reference List - Find ECO code and be referred to correct page in NCO, First Edition * Endgame Tablebases and other Bitbase… text/html 2020-03-24T08:08:37-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:java_engine_list&rev=1585051717&do=diff Java Engine List This is a list for chess engines written in Java with executable .jar-files supporting either UCI or WinBoard. An application like JDK or JRE-current releases is required to run this software. Frequently Asked Questions about the programming language and computing platform Java contains the website of Oracle Corporation in California, United States of America. For FreeBSD said the support: Usually you don't manually download stuff from websites and then install them to FreeB… text/html 2020-01-27T10:27:23-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list&rev=1580138843&do=diff Linux Engine List Here is a list of chess engines that run under Linux. Note * German Website for Ubuntu about engines and graphical interfaces * Jim Ablett´s Linux Engines - General Informations - Linux Distros * Jouez aux échecs sous Linux - WordPress.com * Marco Fioretti´s blog about graphical chess clients * Extraction of RPM packages (without installation) - G-Loaded - Packagecloud - RPM commands - Red Hat Edition - RPM package - Ubuntu Linux - RPM.org - The Geek… text/html 2019-05-09T12:22:11-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list&rev=1557418931&do=diff Macintosh Engine List Here is a list of chess engines that run under Mac OS X or Darwin. Some of these engines cannot be downloaded as Mac executables and, instead, must be compiled by you. It is possible to run Linux binaries and Windows executables with proper configuration and/or emulation software. The Sigma Chess website maintains a list of downloadable UCI engines which have been tested to work in the Sigma Chess interface. Stockfish also provides a nice Cocoa interface for UCI engines. text/html 2019-05-09T11:35:50-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list&rev=1557416150&do=diff Mobile Chess List This is a compilation of software and other chess tools for mobile equipment like Pocket PC´s, iPhones etc. - Alphabetical Index Acid Ape Chess for Android - Acid Ape Studios Alfil for Android - Enrique Sanchez Acosta Android Simple Chess - Europe Echecs text/html 2019-06-14T05:12:27-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list&rev=1560503547&do=diff Native Engine List Alphabetical Index * 3d chess - Windows Edition - Stefan Hacker / Patrick Hillert / Max Stark * 3D Chess - Robert Waite aka absynthe49 * 3D-Schach - Gerhard and Stefan Janisch * Akiba Chess Engine - Bhrgunatha Deva, India text/html 2019-05-13T10:58:02-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:oldies_collection_list&rev=1557759482&do=diff Oldies Collection List This in an enumeration of websites that contain a lot of “legacy” chess programs. Alphabetical Index * Abandonware DOS - Chess * Adam´s Computer Chess Pages * Atari Emulator - Video Chess * Bluebush Chess MS-DOS text/html 2019-05-13T11:25:11-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:online_databases_game_collections_list&rev=1557761111&do=diff Online Databases, Game Collections and Software Applications List A survey of online databases and game collections (including software tools [freeware and shareware]). Alphabetical Index * 365Chess.com * Bookup (Encyclopedia of Chess Openings) by Mike Leahy text/html 2019-08-14T17:02:10-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list&rev=1565816530&do=diff PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List and miscellaneous tools A collection of chess software to handle the Portable Game Noatation (PGN) for different purposes like publication, editing etc. Note that many Chess GUIs (for example Winboard/XBoard, Shredder, Chessbase, etc) also have PGN capabilities. text/html 2019-05-14T03:33:10-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list&rev=1557819190&do=diff Play Chess Online List This is intended to be a complete list of all publicly available PC-based GUIs that can play chess against other humans or against engines using proprietary communication methods. Name Remarks 1 Chess portal for online chess - long games respectively matches with time control Ajaxchess It started as a feasibility project to see how Javascript could do in Chess, then languished until Chrome came along Alpha Chess allows playing a local (respectively onlin… text/html 2020-03-01T17:34:38-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list&rev=1583102078&do=diff Lists Private Engine List This is intended to be a complete list of all PC-based chess engines that are not freely available for download. Such lists can get outdated quickly as new authors introduce new engines and older authors lose interest, drop out of the computer chess scene, and notify no one. Luckily most authors no longer prefer private versions because public versions get more attention and testing. text/html 2010-04-10T13:22:11-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:retreated_engine_list&rev=1270920131&do=diff Retreated WinBoard/UCI Engines List A list of retreted WinBoard/UCI engines or programs with unknown URL´s. Hosting the originals on other servers like RWBC / WBEC-Ridderkerk and compiled versions (by Jim Ablett / Dann Corbit) are possible, of course. text/html 2019-04-03T06:34:35-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_engine_list&rev=1554287675&do=diff SMP Engine List Here is a list of chess engines that will search faster using extra processors, known as Symmetrical MultiProcessing - feature “SMP”. Alphabetical Index * Alfil Chess * Amy * Andscacs * ANT / GI-ANT * Arabian Knight text/html 2019-05-13T15:56:33-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems&rev=1557777393&do=diff Software (including user interfaces) for solving chess problems / puzzles / endgame studies Alphabetical Index * Ankona - create diagrams, store and solve chess problems * Brutalis - Chess / Skak * Chess Archive - creating a personal database of chess compositions text/html 2018-07-31T05:43:02-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:stockfish_engine_list&rev=1533030182&do=diff Stockfish Engine List A compilation of partially open-source chess programs which have a relationship in any way to Stockfish Engine. Alphabetical Index * Al Qahtani * Amitis * Anoa * ASM Fish * AtomFish * Atomkraft * Bambix * Barracuda text/html 2020-01-21T16:40:32-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:todo_engine_list&rev=1579642832&do=diff Someday List checked up to (and including) Durandal move all engines from 2007 to Dead Engine List and delete 2007 entry --- Engine Download List delete Feuerstein upload and add: beekay-1078.and.1076.r1.01_w64.7z blunderer-1.1.7z --- not a serious engine deep.bug-1.0_wb.exe fusch-1.09.exe text/html 2020-05-02T10:06:10-05:00 http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list&rev=1588428370&do=diff Variants Engine List including FRC, Gothic Chess, Knightmate, Nightrider, Shogi, XiangQi and so on Here is a list of chess engines that play “Fischer Random Chess (FRC)”, also known as Chess 960. Programs playing other chess variants than FRC are specially remarked with their download-links.