XBoard Alternatives

XBoard is described as 'Also known as WinBoard on Microsoft operating systems, is a free graphical user interface client developed by Tim Mann that is compatible with various chess engines that support the Xboard Communication Protocol such as GNU Chess' and is an game in the games category. There are more than 50 games similar to XBoard for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, Web-based and Mac apps. The best XBoard alternative is Lichess, which is both free and Open Source. Other XBoard like games are Chess.com, scidCommunity, DecodeChess and Scid vs. PC.

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  1. Arena icon
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    Arena is a 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.

    26 Arena alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Shotgun King icon
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    Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • itch.io
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  3. Magic Chess 3D is a magical game of kings and queens of England that will teach you how to play chess. Tap a chess piece to make a move. Attack the opponent’s pieces to capture the king. It's as simple as that! The more you play, the sooner you'll become the chess master!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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  4. PyChess icon
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    PyChess is a swift chess client originally developed for Gnome, but running well under any other linux desktops. As far as we know of. PyChess is pure, delicious Python code, from the top of the UI to the bottom of the chess engine, and all under GNU General Public License for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. eboard icon
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    eboard is a chess interface for Unix-like systems (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc.) based on the GTK+ GUI toolkit. It provides a chess board interface to ICS (Internet Chess Servers) like FICS and to chess engines like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. DreamChess icon
     5 likes

    DreamChess is an open source chess game featuring "Dreamer", a moderately strong engine. Any XBoard-compatible chess engine (Crafty & GNU Chess) will work for varying degrees of difficulty. Includes 3D OpenGL graphics and various board sets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Chess Titans icon
     10 likes

    Chess Titans is a chess game with 3D graphics developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows 7. It is a fully animated, photorealistic interactive game with ten difficulty levels. It can be played by two participants, or one player against the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's the first ever chess variant with multiverse time travel!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  9. Fritz icon
     7 likes

    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...

    54 Fritz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. 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
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  11. Raptor is a cross platform chess interface and pgn viewer for the free internet chess server: FICS. It has the following features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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