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24 alternatives to Family Chess: Play across firewalls and Internet cultures
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…
Family Chess is a web-based chess application designed to enable play across geographical locations and internet restrictions. Built with Django and client-side JavaScript, it runs entirely on a single server to bypass… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…
2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · rootshirechess.glitch.me · 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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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 →
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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 →
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Contribute to openwhisk-blog/whisk-chess development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Room.AI▲7Play chess, video chat & hang out on one page with no signup
2020 · room.ai · its alternatives →
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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 →
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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 →
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Play real-time chess with friends and players worldwide.
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Play chess online or offline, analyze games with an engine.
Jun 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · codepen.io · its alternatives →
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Play chess in your browser – with Stockfish AI power.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Chess Twist▲29I 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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Sunwin (Sun win) – cổng game bài đổi thưởng: tải app, đăng ký, nạp rút nhanh, nổ hũ/tài xỉu/game bài.
2015 · growthtalk.co · its alternatives →
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Play chess online for free against computer or friend!
Jan 2026 · free-online-chess.com · its alternatives →
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GM Chess▲2Play Chess Online. No Sign-Up. No Ratings. Just Play.
Aug 2026 · gmchess.online · its alternatives →
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Sunwin là cổng game bài đổi thưởng uy tín, chất lượng và đẳng cấp hàng đầu tại Việt Nam. Với kho game đa dạng, tỷ lệ trả thưởng hấp dẫn, hệ thống bảo mật tối tân
2016 · kantu.io · its alternatives →
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A simple chess app built for kids who can't read yet
Jul 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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DuoQi▲1Chess & Xiangqi on two phones—no internet needed
Sep 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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