Arena Alternatives

Arena is described as 'Free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess. Arena helps you in analyzing and playing games as well as in testing chess engines. It runs on Linux or Windows. Arena is compatible to UCI and Winboard protocols' and is an game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Arena for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best Arena alternative is Scid vs. PC, which is both free and Open Source. Other Arena like games are scidCommunity, ChessX, Chessmaster and XBoard.

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  1. Fritz icon
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    Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Brutal Chess icon
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    Brutal Chess Brutal Chess features full 3D graphics, an advanced particle engine, and several different levels of intelligent AI, inspired by the once popular Battle Chess.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. BabasChess icon
     9 likes

    BabasChess is a new revolutionary Internet Chess Client for Windows. It combines ease of use with powerful features for advanced users; integrates a fast and customizable playing environment with a powerful PGN viewer/editor, chess engines support for analyzing positions and...

    39 BabasChess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. The Shredder chess programs by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen provide a game playing and analysis tool for everybody and are accepted as one of the best chess programs of the world. Since 1996 Shredder has won thirteen titles as World Computer Chess Champion which makes Shredder the most...

    47 Shredder Chess alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • iPad
     
  5. Jin icon
     3 likes

    Jin is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for chess servers, written in Java. Jin can run either as a standalone application (available at this website) or as an applet, directly from your browser (available at the chess server's website).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Tarrasch is a flexible, minimalist, and easy to use chess GUI. It is ideal for playing against and training with chess engines. Tarrasch has a built in engine but can just as easily be used with other UCI engines such as Rybka or Houdini.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. ChessRoots icon
     3 likes

    Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Pure Chess icon
     3 likes

    Experience one of the oldest known boardgames on the advanced technology of today. With ultra-realistic and unparalleled beautiful visuals you can almost reach out and touch the pieces. Created under the watchful eye of a fully-fledged Grandmaster; Pure Chess allows players to...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. WinBoard icon
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    Winboard works more as a graphic front-end for several different chess engines included with the game, as well as for several chess game modes. These include not only player vs player or human vs computer competitions, but also games played online and even by email.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. World class chess database, analysis and playing software for PC and Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. Battle vs. Chess is a computer game version of chess developed by Targem Games and Zuxxez Entertainment and published by TopWare Interactive. It was released on May 17, 2011 for PC (Windows and Mac), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and Wii in Europe.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  12. 3D Super Chess offers a beautiful and customizable chess experience featuring both 2D and 3D environments. Play against a challenging virtual opponent or friends in PvP mode on the same Mac. Thanks to the rotating chessboard you'll always stay on top of things.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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