Open Source Chess Games

Scidb is an open-source chess database application for Windows, Unix/Linux. It is a new development inspired by Scid.

OpenGL chess game. Project moved to SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dreamchess/

Kenny ClassIQ (read Kenny Classic) is something like my dream project. It is a chess engine with pure object oriented programming with close-to-real-world representation of the game inside the program using OOPS. Initially I thought of doing a similar thing in C++, but after trying to develop my other chess engine Kenny in this route, I found out that it is a difficult task, and switched to using Java for the programming instead. To learn how to do it, I created a similar, many-times-lesser-in-complexity project KenTacToe. Having completed it successfully, I've gained the confidence to proceed with Kenny ClassIQ, named so because it is more class-oriented than Kenny, and because I want it to be intelligent. (A play with words landed me Kenny ClassIQ.) Also, I used this name so that people searching for my other chess engine Kenny can also find this more advanced chess engine (okay, yes, I wanted to name my chess engine Kenny, so).

A fun game of Chess in 2-D created in Java. This game has basic features implemented, but we expect to push out a multiplayer version soon.

A CECP (glChess-, xboard-, ...- compatible) chess engine specially conceived as a study application of Belief-Desire-Intention AI Architectures.

Dieses Projekt entstand im Rahmen der Vorlesung Graphische Datenverarbeitung an der Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart. Geplant war ein visuell ansprechender Client für Schachengines die das Universal Chess Interface Protokoll unterstützten. Dieses Ziel wird derzeit noch verfolgt ;)

ConChess - A console based chess game This is a console based chess game with basic chess rules for 2 players. Yet, there is no single-player mode with AI implemented.

Anni is on free open-source C# UCI bitboard chess engine. Now it is half-blank, but it definetely will implement: Alpha-beta PVS search, Bitboard chess representation, Null move

First full implementation of the chess variant Bucky, a game of dudes, chameleons and shamans. The game has logical and emergent rules, suitable for object orientation.

C/CIF is an interchange format for chess applications. This format is supporting all features of a chess application - PGN does not provide this - and can be used to transfer chess archives without any loss via an application independent format. C/CIF is supporting two formats: the binary format CCIF, and the human readable format CIF (in XML).

A Perl Chess program, CamelChess

Play chess on popular Internet Chess Servers (ICS servers) with a Palm-OS-based PDA. This version builds on the original version 1.0 created and released by David Barr.

Extensible chess club and tournament manager.

Chess game, but also so much more. Allows user to create their own custom board game, with own rules, pieces, and board layout. Includes intelligent AI that can adapt to customized games, and multiplayer support that allows users to share their creations

This simple chess engine employs a minimax algorithm to calculate two moves ahead.

A small ICS chess client written in Java, not so large as Jin and nicer looking. The main thing will be to write code for various chess servers. Expected features include game saving as PGN and support for most commands of various ICS servers.

The project is to make a site with a program to learn chess for children of 6-12 years old. The program wil run in an applet and linked to a MYSQL database. Hans Nuijen is the creator of the method how to learn the game playful.

Yet another chess engine.

Croatian Chess is a collection of various chess variants, starting as a simple and natural enhancement to classical chess and growing ever more complex with each new variant.

Crow is a graphical interface for FICS - Free Internet Chess Server (http://www.freechess.org).

An open source Battle Chess game featuring the classic Doctor Who badies, the Daleks, as game pieces.

Echecs is a chess game with multiple user interfaces (actually 2D graphic mode and text mode are available). It can be played on the same computer by 2 humans. Network and non-human player functionalities are under developement.

Crossplatform Chess with strategies, features developed by myself.

FIGS, open and fun! GPL/java game server for many games, and a graphical client. Server works for 16/19 chess variants,adding go, rating system, and haskell AI client soon.