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This is a comparison of chess video games .
Developer
First release
Latest release
License
Platform
Chess engine
1K ZX Chess David Horne
1983
N/A
Commercial
ZX Spectrum
N/A
Battle Chess Interplay Silicon & Synapse (C64) [ 1] 1988
1994
Commercial
Amiga , 3DO , Acorn Archimedes , Amiga CD32 , Amiga CDTV , Apple IIGS , Apple IIe , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , DOS , FM Towns , NES , Mac OS , PC-98 , Sharp X68000 , Windows 3.x
N/A
Battle Chess: Game of Kings Interplay
2014-04
n/a
Commercial
Steam (software)
n/a
Chess Titans Oberon Games
2007
n/a
Commercial
Windows Vista , Windows 7
n/a
Fritz (chess) Chessbase
1992
2013
Commercial
Windows Vista , Windows XP , PlayStation 3 , Wii , Nintendo DS , Windows 7
Deep Fritz
HIARCS Chessbase
1980
2012
Commercial
Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Windows Mobile , Freescale DragonBall , ARM -based Palm OS , iPhone and iPod Touch
Deep Fritz
SMIRF Reinhard Scharnagl
2009
Commercial
Microsoft Windows
Junior (chess) Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky
2003
Commercial
Deep Junior
DreamChess
Free
glChess Robert Ancell, GNOME Team
2000
Free
Unix-like
GNU Chess GNU Project
2013
Free
Unix-like
third-party
xBoard /Winboard Tim Mann
2013
Free GPL
Unix-like X11 Microsoft Windows
third-party
Chessmaster Ubisoft Romania (Mac OS X)
1986
2007
Commercial
MS Windows , MS-DOS , PlayStation Xbox 360 (XBLA ), PSP , PS2
Shredder (chess) Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
1993
2010
Commercial
Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , iPhone , iPad , Android
Deep Fritz
Wii Chess Nintendo
2008
n/a
Commercial
Nintendo Wii
Loop Express
Rybka Vasik Rajlich
2010
Commercial
Rybka
Lego Chess
1998
n/a
Commercial
PC , DOS
pouetChess
pyChess PyChess Project
2006
GPL
Unix-like
third-party
ChessV Gregory Strong
2009
n/a
GPL
Microsoft Windows
ChessV
Battle vs. Chess Targem Games Zuxxez Entertainment
2011
n/a
Commercial
Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Nintendo DS , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Portable , Xbox 360 , Wii
Microchess Peter R. Jennings
1976
n/a
Commercial
KIM-1
Microchess
Pure Chess VooFoo Studios
2012
n/a
Commercial
PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Vita
Pure Chess
Silver Star Chess AgeTec
2008
n/a
Commercial
Wiiware
Silver Star Chess
Power Chess Sierra Entertainment
1996
1998
Commercial
Microsoft Windows
WChess
Chess Crusade Slam Games
TBA
2010
Commercial
Wii , Nintendo DS , PlayStation 2 , Microsoft Windows , iPad
Chess: Secrets
Combat Chess
Wizard Chess
Fritz and Chesster Chessbase
2005
2010
Windows Vista , Windows XP , Mac , Nintendo DS
Deep Fritz
Chess Advantage
1999
2002
Commercial
Microsoft Windows
Chessmaster , Combat Chess, Grandmaster Chess
Virtual Chess
?
2002
Commercial
Microsoft Windows 3.11 , Microsoft Windows
Kasparov Chess
2001
Commercial
Playstation , Microsoft Windows
Play It Chess Challenger System 3
Commercial
PlayStation 2
Grand Master Chess
Mastertronic
2007
Commercial
Microsoft Windows
Master Chess
Gameplay
3D Graphics/Animated pieces mode
Variants (rules, pieces, boards)
Multiplayer
1K ZX Chess No
No
Battle Chess Yes
No
Battle Chess: Game of Kings No
No
Chess Titans No
No
Fritz (chess)
HIARCS
SMIRF
Chess960, Bird Chess , Capablanca Chess , Capablanca Random Chess , Carrera Chess , Embassy Chess , Janus Chess
Junior (chess)
DreamChess
glChess
GNU Chess No
Yes Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess, Shatranj, Courier Chess, Cylinder chess, Berolina Chess under fairymax
xBoard /Winboard No
Yes Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess, Shatranj, Courier Chess, Cylinder chess, Berolina Chess under fairymax
Chessmaster
Shredder (chess)
Wii Chess
Rybka
Yes
Lego Chess
No
pouetChess
pyChess
ChessV
Battle vs. Chess Yes
Microchess
Pure Chess
Silver Star Chess
Power Chess
Chess Crusade
Chess: Secrets
Combat Chess
Wizard Chess
Fritz and Chesster
Chess Advantage
Virtual Chess
Kasparov Chess
Play It Chess Challenger
Grand Master Chess
Master Chess
References
^ "A Decade of Blizzard" . IGN. 2001-02-01. 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.
See also
