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24 alternatives to Chess Nut

Elevate your chess community.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chess Nut launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Noctie▲284

    Practice chess with a genius owl

    2024 · noctie.ai · its alternatives →

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    Play Chess in Slack with your fellow workspace members

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Chess for macOS

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Invite your friends to play chess with you in real time!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    GoChess▲173

    The most powerful Chess board ever invented

    2023 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 250 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

    2011 · multiplayerchess.com · its alternatives →

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    Play chess with friends right from Figma

    2020 · figma.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9CE

    We built ChessBoss at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this week. It didn’t make the top 10 but I thought Hacker News might think it’s pretty cool. https://devpost.com/software/chess-boss There are these really cool smart chessboards that can suggest moves and track your games... but they’re $400 and weigh 19 pounds. And of course there are apps that can analyze games but tracking and inputting games by hand is a huge pain. Or fully-digital chess apps... but board games are way more fun in real life! We wondered: “why can’t you just do that in software and bring the best…

    2019 · devpost.com · its alternatives →

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    A real-time move calculator for online Chess

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A virtual chess gym for everyone

    2022 · chesstent.com · its alternatives →

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    A fun and free way to learn chess.

    2014 · chesscademy.com · its alternatives →

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    Aimchess▲129

    Learn chess your way with AI tools and data driven approach.

    2020 · aimchess.com · its alternatives →

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    BreakBase.com. Play your favorite games, with anyone you

    2012 · breakbase.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello! 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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    Hey there! I just finished a youtube video explaining our donut chess in detail: https://youtu.be/iRcfHCPFgkM So I thought it'd be cool to show it off here too- it can be played around with at mchess.io/donut - you can also set up an AI or online game on the site. This is all indie dev work from a couple friends and myself.

    Nov 2025 · mchess.io · its alternatives →

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    Chess AI in Java - 2005 High School Project. Contribute to theronic/chessmate development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Find local chess players & events for casual real-life games

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone, I have been trying to build a terminal based app for sometime now and this is an attempt at trying to build a chess app that one can play right inside terminal. I was inspired by `chess-tui`[1] which is a rust based project and was looking to build something similar using python. Luckily I stumbled upon textual[2] recently and it made my task of building this far more easier than I thought. [1] https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui [2] https://github.com/textualize/textual

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Connect, Play, and Sharpen Your Skills

    2025 · clutchess.tech · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I built a simple chess game so that my son in Singapore can play chess with his grandfather in China. Why? There is currently no service or open source software that has all of the following: * All processing and assets on a single server (Critical to workaround a firewall) * No email account required (Chinese Internet services typically login via WeChat) * Works on Android browser * Simple to install and config I built it, together with Claude Code, using simple and boring technologies (Django + Client-side JS). I hope that when you use it, you will find it simple to understand…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Guess AI Engine Tournament Position, Fun Stury Tool. Play Chess Without Moving Pieces. Crazy Chess is a Variant of Random Fisher and Really Bad Chess. Because of the rearranged pieces, players cannot use typical chess opening moves. study tool to understand chess, and learning how to read the board.

    2017 · ba.net · its alternatives →

  23. 23R

    2014 · retichess.com · its alternatives →

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    Master chess with Stockfish AI or challenge friends online

    2025 · speedmat.ing · its alternatives →

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