# Comparison of chess video games

This is a comparison of chess video games.

## General information

| | Developer | First release | Latest release | License | Platform |
| Battle Chess | Interplay Silicon & Synapse (C64) | 1988 | 1994 | Commercial | Windows, Apple Inc., Amiga, 3DO, Acorn Archimedes, Atari, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, FM Towns, NES, PC-98, Sharp X68000 |
| Battle Chess: Game of Kings | Interplay | 2014 | n/a | Commercial | Windows |
| Battle vs. Chess | Targem Games Zuxxez Entertainment | 2011 | n/a | Commercial (Topware Interactive) | Windows, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii |
| Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure | Pixel Wizards | 2018 | n/a | Commercial | Windows, Mac OS X |
| Chess Assistant | Victor Zakharov | 1988 | 2018 | Commercial (Convekta) | Windows |
| Chessbase | Mathias Wüllenweber, Mathias Feist | 1987 | 2018 | Commercial (Chessbase) | Windows, Android |
| Chessmaster | David Kittinger, Kathe and Dan Spracklen, Johan de Koning | 1986 | 2008 | Commercial (Ubisoft) | Various |
| Chess Titans | Oberon Games | 2007 | n/a | Included in Microsoft Windows Vista and 7 | Windows Vista, Windows 7 |
| ChessV | Gregory Strong | 2009 | n/a | GPL | Windows |
| Combat Chess | Minds Eye Productions | 1997 | n/a | Commercial | Windows |
| Fritz | Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist, Gyula Horvath, Vasik Rajlich | 1991 | 2018 | Commercial (Chessbase) | Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS |
| Fritz and Chesster | Chessbase | 2005 | 2010 | Commercial (Chessbase) | Windows, Mac, Nintendo DS |
| GNOME Chess | Robert Ancell, GNOME Team | 2000 | 2018 | Free | Unix-like |
| GNU Chess | Stuart Cracraft, John Stanback, Chua Kong-Sian, Fabien Letouzey | 1984 | 2013 | Free | Windows, Unix-like |
| HIARCS | Mark Uniacke | 1980 | 2012 | Commercial (Chessbase, Hiarcs.com) | Windows, iOS, Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Freescale DragonBall, ARM-based Palm OS |
| Houdini | Robert Houdart | 2010 | 2018 | Commercial (Chessbase, Convekta) | Windows |
| Junior | Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky | 1997 | 2014 | Commercial (Chessbase, Hiarcs.com) | Windows |
| Komodo | Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler | 2010 | 2018 | Commercial (Chessbase, Komodochess.com) | Windows, Linux, Macintosh Operating System, Android |
| Playchess | Chessbase | 2003 | 2018 | Commercial (Chessbase) | Windows, web |
| Play Magnus | Tord Romstad | 2014 | 2018 | Free to try with in-app purchases | Android, iOS |
| Pure Chess | VooFoo Studios | 2012 | n/a | Commercial (Ripstone) | Windows, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
| pyChess | PyChess Project | 2006 | 2018 | GPL | Unix-like Windows |
| Rybka | Vasik Rajlich | 2010 | | Commercial (Chessbase, rybkachess.com) | Windows |
| Shredder | Stefan Meyer-Kahlen | 1993 | 2010 | Commercial (Chessbase Shredderchess.com) | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android |
| Wii Chess | Fritz Reul | 2008 | n/a | Commercial | Wii |
| Winboard/xBoard | Tim Mann, Harm Geert Muller | | 2013 | Free GPL | Unix-like, X11, Windows |

## Gameplay

| | included chess engine(s) | Can open/save PGN | Can import UCI engines | Levels | 3D or Animated pieces | Variants | Online multiplayer |
| Aquarium | Crafty, Delfi, Rybka, Spike | Yes | Yes | multivariation, uci_elo | No | Chess960 | No |
| Battle Chess | n/a | No | No | | Yes | No | |
| Battle Chess: Game of Kings | n/a | No | No | | Yes | No | |
| Battle vs. Chess | Fritz | No | No | levels 1-9 | Yes | | |
| Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure | Chessaria AICE | No | No | | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chess Assistant | Dragon, Rybka | Yes | Yes | multivariation, uci_elo | No | Chess960 | No |
| Chessbase | Fritz | Yes | Yes | uci_elo for analysis but no timed games | Yes | Chess960 | No |
| Chessmaster | The King | Yes | No | Personalities with Elo ratings | Yes | No | No longer supported |
| Chess Titans | n/a | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| ChessV | | | | | | | |
| Combat Chess | n/a | Yes | | | Yes | | Yes |
| Fritz | Rybka, earlier Pandix or Fritz | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo | Yes | Chess960 | |
| Fritz and Chesster | Koenig Schwarz | | | | | |
| GNOME Chess | | | | | | |
| GNU Chess | GNU chess | Yes | No | | No | Knightmate, Capablanca, Gothic, Shatranj, Courier, Cylinder, Berolina | No |
| Hiarcs Chess Explorer | Hiarcs | Yes | Yes | uci_elo | No | No | No |
| Chessbase Houdini | Houdini | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
| Chessbase Junior | Junior | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
| Chessbase Komodo | Komodo | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
| Playchess | none | Yes | No | Other players have Elo rating | No | Chess960 | Yes |
| Play Magnus | Glaurung | Yes | No | can choose Magnus' age | No | No | No |
| Pure Chess | n/a | No | No | | Yes | | |
| pyChess | Pychess engine, Stockfish | Yes | Yes | | | | Yes |
| Chessbase Rybka | Rybka | Yes | Yes | Friend Mode, Handicap and Fun, uci_elo | Yes | Chess960 | Yes |
| Shredder UCI GUI | Shredder | Yes | Yes | uci_elo | No | Chess960 | No |
| Wii Chess | Loop Express | No | No | | | | No longer supported |
| Winboard/xBoard | Crafty | Yes | via UCI2WB | No | No | Knightmate, Capablanca, Gothic, Shatranj, Courier, Cylinder, Berolina | Yes |