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24 alternatives to Chess Lines
Chess openings with spaced repetition right in your browser
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
- 1WU
Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.
2019 · chessroots.com · its alternatives →
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Breadth-first spaced repetition for chess openings
Aug 2026 · hardlines.app · its alternatives →
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Chess pattern training. No timers, no streaks, no ratings.
Jun 2026 · boxwoodchess.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…
2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →
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TabTactics▲66Improve your chess passively with every new tab
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Spicy Chess▲76Hello! I created SpicyChess(https://spicychess.com) because I wanted a tactics training app that would have the following features: - Spaced Repetition. - Countdown time to simulate blitz Chess where you have to find the best move quickly. - The ability to save puzzles for later review. I'd love to hear any feedback that you may have !
2023 · spicychess.com · its alternatives →
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Master your chess openings the interactive way
2025 · chess999.com · its alternatives →
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Half chess▲76A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A free chess trainer built around spaced repetition
Aug 2026 · learnchess.fun · its alternatives →
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blunderchess.net is an open source, peer-to-peer chess app where every five moves, players each get to make one blunder-move for their opponent
2025 · blunderchess.net · its alternatives →
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Explore data with Python & SQL, work together with your team, and share insights that lead to action — all in one place with Deepnote.
2021 · deepnote.com · its alternatives →
- 14RRetichess▲45
2014 · retichess.com · its alternatives →
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- 16CM
2016 · chessboardifygame.xyz · its alternatives →
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I built this because I got tired of Stockfish giving me evaluations (+0.5) without explaining the actual plan. Most opening explorers focus on statistics (Win/Loss/Draw). I wanted a tool that explains the strategic intent behind the moves (e.g., "White plays c4 to clamp down on d5" vs just "White plays c4"). The Project: Comprehensive Database: I’ve mapped and annotated over 3,500 named opening variations. It covers everything from main lines (Ruy Lopez, Sicilian) to deep sidelines. Strategic Visualization: The UI highlights key squares and draws arrows based on the textual…
Jan 2026 · atlaschess.me · its alternatives →
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Precision Thinking Practical Living
2019 · reinechess.com · its alternatives →
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Practice chess openings until they stick
Jul 2026 · trychessmate.com · its alternatives →
- 20Chess Scanner▲123
Scan score sheets and generate chess games in seconds.
2024 · chessscanner.com · its alternatives →
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Anki-style spaced repetition for chess puzzles
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Chess Master▲76A real-time move calculator for online Chess
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 24VC
2024 · louisabraham.github.io · its alternatives →
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