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24 alternatives to Yoko Chess
Yoko Ono ‘re-purposing’ Chess for the 21st century
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. Yoko Chess launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A challenging puzzle game based on the rules of chess
2015 · montoyaindustries.com · its alternatives →
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Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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BrainyChess▲83Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Play chess directly from your keyboard 🐴
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The ancient royal game of conquering kingdoms
2023 · stealthchess.com · its alternatives →
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Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Halfchess▲69Learn to be a better Chess player, playable in your browser
2017 · halfchess.com · its alternatives →
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A chess engine implementation inspired by AlphaZero, using MLX for neural network computations and Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) for move selection.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pulling off a career change into the board game industry
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Coolest strategy game that combines tic-tac-toe and chess
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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