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24 alternatives to Chess

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chess launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Dungeon Chess▲2
Send your army into darkness!
2019 · its alternatives →
2
Chess▲1
Be the Prince of Darkness!
2019 · its alternatives →
3
Chessmaster AI▲232
Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
4
Dungeon Chess▲2
A dark RPG inspired chess game
2019 · its alternatives →
5IM
I made a little puzzle game about a rogue chess knight▲155
2025 · knightride.rakhim.org · its alternatives →
6
Chess & Chat▲163
A new chess puzzle to solve every day
2022 · its alternatives →
7
GoChess▲173
The most powerful Chess board ever invented
2023 · its alternatives →
8
Chesscademy▲135
A fun and free way to learn chess.
2014 · its alternatives →
9
Chess Tent▲91
A virtual chess gym for everyone
2022 · its alternatives →
10
Square Off▲144
World’s smartest chess board
2017 · its alternatives →
11
Tactical Chess▲67
Recreating battles from history in chess
2021 · its alternatives →
12CT
Chess Twist▲29
I continue my experiment of transposing classic games onto an irregular grid. I've previously released variants of minesweeper and checkers. And now I'd like to share my variant of Chess. Chess can be a pretty punishing game, but I thought this was nevertheless a way to make it even more challenging by making it trickier to anticipate your opponent, even though both players still have the same information. From the playtests I've done, that challenge is pretty compelling. It also seems to be more fun at 2 people, where both players keep surprising one another.
2024 · polyreplay.com · its alternatives →
13CA
Chess and Video Chat, no login required▲124
2020 · rootshirechess.glitch.me · its alternatives →
14
Chess Scanner▲123
Scan score sheets and generate chess games in seconds.
2024 · chessscanner.com · its alternatives →
15
Storm Chess▲63
Unique real-time chess without a queue for a move
2022 · its alternatives →
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3Chess▲106
Play three player chess online free for web and mobile
2023 · its alternatives →
17CM
Chessboardify – Make the grid a chessboard▲95
2016 · chessboardifygame.xyz · its alternatives →
18
ChessGPT▲72
Unbeatable chess bot
2023 · its alternatives →
19
Chessmate▲79
Chess for macOS
2020 · its alternatives →
20
1D Chess▲66
Test your skills and strategy with 1D Chess
2020 · its alternatives →
21
Half chess▲76
A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes
2020 · its alternatives →
22CG
Chessdream – Generate realistic chess positions with AI▲45
For no specific reason, I trained a neural network to generate random chess positions that look similar to positions from actual games (from lichess db). I also made it so you can condition it on some fixed pieces, and adjust the number of pieces. It turned out to be quite effective and I find it surprisingly fun and instructive to generate e.g. endgame positions with a certain pawn structure (set low temperature, place some pawns and position the kings, adjust number of pieces to get an endgame), and then figure out how to win vs. the computer in those positions. I hooked it up so that you…
2024 · chessdream.ai · its alternatives →
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BoardWalrus▲60
Play Chess in Slack with your fellow workspace members
2023 · its alternatives →
24
Magical Chess▲14
Free smart chess board — runs on the phone in your pocket.
Jul 2026 · chessgaze.com · its alternatives →

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