belofte chess

A console/text based chess program with XBoard/CECP and UCI API, available on all major platforms. You may need a graphical chess interface to use it. Please refer to README.md in the files section for installation instructions.

The last stable release is 2.1.9 and has been released on 19/08/2025.

Belofte 0.2.0 till 0.9.20 (c/c++): Xboard 1 & 2 (CECP) - Linux/Unix/(Windows)
Belofte 2.1.1 and up (c++11) : UCI and Xboard 2 - Linux/Windows/Mac/Android/...

For access to code, please clone the git repository. Compiles and Runs on 32/64 bit on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android (ARM/x86) and Raspberry. Released under GNU v2 license. (means free to copy, free to modify, free to use, ...)

Works fine with Arena/Cutechess/BanksiaGui/Winboard/Xboard/...

Features

artificial intelligence
uci
XBoard
gnuchess
chess
perft
cutechess
ordo
elo
Winboard
CECP

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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