Stuart Cracraft GNU Chess is a communal chess program.
Contributors donate their time and effort in order to make it a stronger, better, sleeker program.
These contributions are then distributed to the large user-base so that all may enjoy the fruits of our labor. The original and continuing purpose of this project is to permanently end the rampant hoarding of computer chess software that has been the case for the past 20 years. Many people have contributed to GNU Chess. In its growth since initial release, GNU Chess has gone from approximately class D to strong master strength. From there, it will be a short hop to master chess in your home with FSF software.