Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to DualChess
Chess — but a mini-game decides every capture
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
- 1
3Chess▲106Play three player chess online free for web and mobile
2023 · 3-chess.com · its alternatives →
- 2

Play chess online for free against computer or friend!
Jan 2026 · free-online-chess.com · its alternatives →
- 3

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 →
- 4

Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)
2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →
- 5
Chessmaster AI▲232Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 6
Half chess▲76A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 7

- 8

- 9

🚀 Beat your friends in 10+ skill-based mini games ⭐️
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 10

- 11

Chess, but each square also follows the rules of Conway's Game of Life. Only your own pieces count as neighbours when deciding births/deaths. For births, an empty square must have 3 neighbours for 2 consecutive turns. For deaths, a piece must have 3 neighbours for 3 consecutive turns. This is a simple proof of concept I made with python and curses. You can play with a friend locally or over a socket connection. Controls: Arrow keys to move the cursor, enter/space to select and move a piece, u or backspace to undo a move, r to redo a move, q or escape to quit, s to perform a move…
2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
- 12
ChessBout▲12Multiple-choice chess duels & daily challenges ♟️
May 2026 · chessbout.com · its alternatives →
- 13

- 14

- 15
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 →
- 16

Play chess vs AI or yourself — free, no account required
Aug 2026 · grandmasterchess.in · its alternatives →
- 17
BrainyChess▲83Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 18

- 19

- 20

- 21IT
I built 1e4.ai - a chess web app where you play against neural networks trained to mimic human Lichess players at specific Elo ranges. There's a separate model for each 100-point rating bucket from ~800 to 2200+, and the bots not only choose human-like moves but also burn clock time, play worse under time pressure, and blunder in human-like ways. Live demo: https://1e4.ai Code: https://github.com/thomasj02/1e4_ai A few things that might be interesting: - Trained on almost a full year of Lichess blitz games, around 1B total games - Architecture is an a small…
May 2026 · its alternatives →
- 22

Minimalist daily chess habit game
Dec 2025 · dailychessblitz.com · its alternatives →
- 23OC
My personal project: https://github.com/leonidasdeim/chasse Goal was to build session based chessboard game without any rules - to play just like oldschool over the board. Just create new board and share link with a friend. I would appreciate any feedback and github star. Thanks!
2023 · chasse.fun · its alternatives →
- 24

Play real-time chess with friends and players worldwide.
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
Also compare
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →