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24 alternatives to Globchess

The World's Largest Chessboard

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Globchess launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   GoChess▲173

   The most powerful Chess board ever invented

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   ChessBoss – enhancing physical chessboards with computer vision▲83

   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 →

3. 3WU
   We used 890M chess games to make an interactive opening graph▲295

   2019 · chessroots.com · its alternatives →

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   ChessCoach – A neural chess engine that comments on each player's moves▲506

   2021 · chrisbutner.github.io · its alternatives →

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   World Chess Calendar▲78

   All chess tournaments in one place

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   Square Off▲144

   World’s smartest chess board

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   The Kilobyte's Gambit▲118

   Try beating 1024 bytes of Javascript

   2021 · its alternatives →

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   Pichess▲9

   Your go-to platform for chess puzzles.

   2025 · pichess.org · its alternatives →

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   Half chess▲76

   A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes

   2020 · its alternatives →

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    Chessboardify – Make the grid a chessboard▲95

    2016 · chessboardifygame.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Gamik▲51

    An easy and effective way to search boardgames

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    ChessUp▲82

    An incredible chess board with a built-in chess instructor

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Scannable Chess Scoresheets▲117

    2019 · reinechess.com · its alternatives →

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    ChessEye▲82

    2D chessboard scanner & analyzer to calculate the best moves

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Chess Opener▲85

    Easily explore, analyse and practice chess openings

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    BoardWalrus▲60

    Play Chess in Slack with your fellow workspace members

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Matchess▲48

    Find local chess players & events for casual real-life games

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Table Sports Leaderboard▲88

    Track ping pong, foosball & other games

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    ChessBout▲12

    Multiple-choice chess duels & daily challenges ♟️

    May 2026 · chessbout.com · its alternatives →

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    Visualizing Chess Games▲58

    2024 · louisabraham.github.io · its alternatives →

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    RookTook▲8

    Compete in 2 min chess puzzles with other players.

    Nov 2025 · rooktook.com · its alternatives →

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    Chesses▲7

    Your pieces do the strangest things!

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Online chessboard without any rules▲16

    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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    OffChess▲13

    Chess Puzzles App

    2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →

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