Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ChessUp
An incredible chess board with a built-in chess instructor
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ChessUp launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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2021 · chrisbutner.github.io · its alternatives →
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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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ChessWoodie▲26Chess tactics training inspired by the Woodpecker Method
Jul 2026 · chesswoodie.com · its alternatives →
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Memory Chess▲198Train your spatial visualization with chess
2025 · thememorychess.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · chessboardifygame.xyz · its alternatives →
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Learn Chess notations to analyse, visualise and review games
2021 · its alternatives →
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Chessie▲18Turn your chess mistake & blunders into puzzles instantly
Jul 2026 · chessie.nxgntools.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · louisabraham.github.io · its alternatives →
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Build, quiz, and remember your chess openings.
May 2026 · chesslair.com · its alternatives →
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Stop grinding tactics. Master Positional Chess & Strategy
Jul 2026 · chessneurons.com · its alternatives →
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- 24CTChess 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 →
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