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24 alternatives to Chessmate
Chess for macOS
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chessmate launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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Chessmaster AI▲232Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Practice chess openings until they stick
Jul 2026 · trychessmate.com · its alternatives →
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Chessmate is a transformer-based model that predicts your next chess move, tailored to players around 1500 ELO on lichess. Soon it will also offer personalized models and a broader range of ELO-based models. Hopefully this can offer a new and innovative way to learn chess and enjoy playing against a uniquely challenging bot!
2024 · chessmate.ai · its alternatives →
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Aimchess▲129Learn chess your way with AI tools and data driven approach.
2020 · aimchess.com · its alternatives →
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- 9CC
2024 · checkmatechamp.net · its alternatives →
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BrainyChess▲83Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!
2016 · apps.apple.com · 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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Play chess directly from your keyboard 🐴
2015 · apps.apple.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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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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3Chess▲106Play three player chess online free for web and mobile
2023 · 3-chess.com · its alternatives →
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Forces you to solve a chess puzzle to access your mac.
May 2026 · chessunlock.app · its alternatives →
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Invite your friends to play chess with you in real time!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Halfchess▲69Learn to be a better Chess player, playable in your browser
2017 · halfchess.com · its alternatives →
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Play chess with hundreds of AI generated characters
2023 · chesswith.ai · its alternatives →
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Sportmate▲87Find people to play sport with at the click of a button
2016 · sportmate.app · its alternatives →
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