Chess Came

pgn2pgc converts text Portable Game Notation (PGN) chess files into highly compressed Portable Game Coding (PGC) chess files. This is the only implementation of PGC as described in the PGN standard. Code is also useful for writing chess software.

With Scid you can maintain a database of chess games, search games by many criteria, view graphical trends, and produce printable reports on players and openings. There are many more features as well, with Scid you can play against various engines, people on Internet (FICS), as well as by...

This script allows you to solve the classic algorithmic problem - place 8 queens on a chess board so that none is attacked by another.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Python, BSD Solaris

I have always believed that out of an infinite number of possible, playable chess variants that could be invented, a single, best, perfect game existed in the imaginary-yet-real, theoretical realm of perfection, waiting to be discovered. Of course, it would never permit itself to be discovered...


Platforms: Windows

Genre: Cards, Casino, Board About jose Chess Database 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.


Platforms: Mac, not required

PlayE4 chess software offers multi-players chess games in real time. The 3D, user-friendly chess software allows chess enthusiasts to enlarge their pool of game partners and play against players of their skill level any time of day. PlayE4 is available in 3 game modes and 6 different languages...


Platforms: Windows

The Java Chess Protocol Interface aims to provide a standard Java interface to all possible chess protocols. Mainly to UCI and to Winboard/XBoard.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

A PDF Article on Understanding the basics of a chess set. Have a look at this article and then head over to www.pmpproducts.com and grab a set


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux, Linux Console, Linux Gnome, Linux GPL, Linux Open Source

n8chessnet is a customizable/themed online web-based chess server software for playing chess with other people. It is PHP based using MySQL. It is also easy to install and use.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, PHP, BSD Solaris

PGN Viewer lets you view, edit and create and annotate collections of chess games stored in the Portable Game Notation format.


Platforms: Mac

The Chrss (chess by rss) dashboard widget can be used to keep track of your chess games. It's very easy to use - simply enter your user name and it will show you how many games it's your turn to move in. When someone makes a move in one of your games the number on the widget will change. You can...


Platforms: Mac

3D Python OpenGL Chess Game is a normal chess game that has no computer player (yet). You can play against a friend on your PC.


Platforms: *nix

ictk - Internet Chess ToolKit is a java based set of libraries and widgets useful for performing common tasks such as reading PGN, FEN, and generating legal moves. The net libraries convert ICS (Internet Chess Server) output into java objects.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Multiplayer Java Chess Application. Has move help option for new players learning to play the game, IM, chatroom and many other features. Server handles authentication, user registration and player statistics. Check it out.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Enjoy playing Chess every night of the week with Chess Knight Free! Play against the computer with 4 AI levels or 2 player/multiplayer modes against a friend. Chess is a board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkered board with 64 squares...


Platforms: Mac

WebChess is an open source chess application which will allow you to play chess over the internet.Features: User Interface - Web chess has a graphical user interface. Just click to highlight the piece you want to move, then click the square to move to. - Move history is displayed either in...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, PHP, BSD Solaris

Some Chess was written in pure PHP using a MySql database as a backbone. It is multiplayer only allowing players to play together in realtime or in a correspondence style.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, PHP, BSD Solaris

One of the oldest chess programs for Unix-based computers, GNU Chess has been built and improved since 1984. The current version plays at senior master strength (2500+ Elo on simple hardware). Though console based, there are a number of GUIs available to facilitate play. GNU Chess has been used...


Platforms: Mac, BSD, Linux

MKGI Chess Club is a chess playing server with a pure Web interface. It features complete player profile management, full html email notification with embedded board display. It also includes an interface to match against chess engines such as gnuchess.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

ChessDB is a free open-source chess database for Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and most UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. ChessDB is based on code from Scid http://scid.sourceforge.net/ - a project for which there have been no updates for several years. In


Platforms: Windows, Mac, BSD, Solaris, Linux