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24 alternatives to GM Chess

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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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    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▲106

    Play three player chess online free for web and mobile

    2023 · 3-chess.com · its alternatives →

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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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    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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    2020 · rootshirechess.glitch.me · its alternatives →

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    Learn to be a better Chess player, playable in your browser

    2017 · halfchess.com · 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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    blunderchess.net is an open source, peer-to-peer chess app where every five moves, players each get to make one blunder-move for their opponent

    2025 · blunderchess.net · its alternatives →

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    Play chess online with real-time multiplayer

    Jun 2026 · masterchess.live · its alternatives →

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    A fun and free way to learn chess.

    2014 · chesscademy.com · its alternatives →

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    Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training

    Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Play real-time multiplayer chess with friends or AI

    May 2026 · superchess.iamraj.dev · its alternatives →

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    Free chess experience for anyone, anywhere.

    2017 · lichess.org · its alternatives →

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    Play online chess for free

    Jul 2026 · chessrooms.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Exciting and immersive game played right in a browser

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    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…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Play chess vs AI or yourself — free, no account required

    Aug 2026 · grandmasterchess.in · its alternatives →

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    Aimchess▲129

    Learn chess your way with AI tools and data driven approach.

    2020 · aimchess.com · its alternatives →

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    Chess pattern training. No timers, no streaks, no ratings.

    Jun 2026 · boxwoodchess.com · its alternatives →

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    A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A real-time move calculator for online Chess

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Free chess training for all levels - no signup, forever free

    Jun 2026 · penguinchess.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Chess — but a mini-game decides every capture

    Jun 2026 · dualchess.com · its alternatives →

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