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24 alternatives to OpenChess

An application for learning chess openings

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

  1. 1

    Easily explore, analyse and practice chess openings

    2021 · its alternatives →

  2. 2WU

    Chess openings visualized from over 800 million Lichess games, 2 million tournament games and 1 million chess engine games.

    2019 · chessroots.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Chess Openings Trainer

    2024 · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    Aimchess▲129

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

    2020 · aimchess.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Master your chess openings the interactive way

    2025 · chess999.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    An easy to use website that helps you learn chess openings

    2023 · learn-openings.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    GoChess▲173

    The most powerful Chess board ever invented

    2023 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    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 →

  9. 9
    Noctie▲284

    Practice chess with a genius owl

    2024 · noctie.ai · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Explore data with Python & SQL, work together with your team, and share insights that lead to action — all in one place with Deepnote.

    2021 · deepnote.com · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    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 →

  12. 12

    Memorize chess openings with visual tree diagrams

    2025 · mychessposters.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Practice chess openings until they stick

    Jul 2026 · trychessmate.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Learn Chess notations to analyse, visualise and review games

    2021 · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Chess for macOS

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Which chess opening best captures your startup’s strategy?

    2020 · chess24.outgrow.us · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    Learn and Train Chess Openings for Free

    2021 · chessopenings.co.uk · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    A new chess puzzle to solve every day

    2022 · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    Scan score sheets and generate chess games in seconds.

    2024 · chessscanner.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20CM
  21. 21VC

    2024 · louisabraham.github.io · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    A real-time move calculator for online Chess

    2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23

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

    2017 · halfchess.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    A buddy and guide in your chess journey

    2024 · mychesspal.com · its alternatives →

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