Last Updated on: 11th August 2025, 10:46 am
Web site: www.gnu.org/software/chess/
Category: Games
Sub-Category: Board
Platform: Linux, BSD, Unix-like, Windows
License: GNI GPL
Interface: TUI
Wikipedia:
First release: February 17, 1996
GNU Chess – a chess-playing program. It can be used to play chess against the computer on a terminal or, more commonly, as a chess engine for graphical chess frontends such as XBoard.
Features:
– “Tighter connection” with XBoard by means of an engine file and a logo, as expected by XBoard (>= 4.6.0).
– A simple man page based on help2man.
– Additional translations.
– Bug fixes.
– New commands.
– Command history enabled by readline.
Gnuchess is an updated version of the GNU chess playing program. It is now based on the fruit chess engine and uses the UCI chess engine protocol. It has a simple alpha-numeric board display, and is also compatible with frontends like xboard, scid and eboard.
