Top 15 WinBoard Alternative and Similar Games | Dec 2024

Winboard works more as a graphic front-end for several different chess engines included with the game, as well as for several chess game modes. These include not only player vs player or human vs computer competitions, but also games played online and even by email. WinBoard also lets you save games at any moment and resume them exactly at the same point where you left them, and review previous games as a way to remember good movements or learn new techniques.

1. Pawn2

Pawn2 A nice freeware chess program with 3D pieces and variable levels of difficulty. Can be quite strong, with customizable setting for number of moves for the AI to look ahead, and for the AI to use known openings. Is quite fast as well.......

2. Chess Walk Rebirth

Chess Walk Rebirth Smart & elegant chess realization. Play chess online with real people or offline with artificial intelligence.......

3. XBoard

XBoard XBoard, also known as WinBoard on Microsoft operating systems, is a free graphical user interface client developed by Tim Mann that is compatible with various chess engines that support the Xboard Communication Protocol such as GNU Chess. It also supports Internet Chess Servers, e-mail chess, and the playing of saved......

4. LightFICS

LightFICS LightFICS is a FICS/freechess,org Mac OS X application to play chess online. The app has automatic login and automatic game search (aka quickplay). It's very easy to setup and play for beginners using a single-click to play. The chess games can be copy-pasted from the LightFICS app to an external......

5. Royal 3D Chess

Royal 3D Chess As the name, as is the look and feel, Royal 3D Chess is provides you the real 3D look and feel. Play like you are playing in reality.Chess games always need some strategies to develop. Develop you own strategies to solve this check and mate puzzle in 3D view.Game Features:1)3D......

6. Pure Chess

Pure Chess Experience one of the oldest known boardgames on the advanced technology of today. With ultra-realistic and unparalleled beautiful visuals you can almost reach out and touch the pieces. Created under the watchful eye of a fully-fledged Grandmaster; Pure Chess allows players to experience the traditional game like never before, showcasing......

7. Chessmaster

Chessmaster Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold as of 2002.......

8. HIARCS Chess Explorer

HIARCS Chess Explorer World class chess database, analysis and playing software for PC and Mac......

9. Fritz

Fritz Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting playing strength, handicap and coaching functions, explanation of positions, coloured danger......

10. Grand Master Chess 3

Grand Master Chess 3 Grand Master Chess III will help to improve your chess skills and become a better tournament or casual player. You can either have friendly competitions against friends and family members or try solo mode against the computer. Listen to your own music as you play! An incredible level of detail......

11. Battle vs. Chess

Battle vs. Chess Battle vs. Chess is a computer game version of chess developed by Targem Games and Zuxxez Entertainment and published by TopWare Interactive. It was released on May 17, 2011 for PC (Windows and Mac), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and Wii in Europe. The U.S. version of......

12. SkillGamesBoard

SkillGamesBoard SkillGamesBoard.com offers a perfect opportunity to play free skill and board games like chess, checkers, reversi, and go against your friends online or other players worldwide. Get free access to these games at any time: start playing on your PC or notebook and continue on your tablet or smartphone. SkillGamesBoard.com......

13. Ludopoli

Ludopoli Ludopoli is a virtual city which deals with online card games in all its different facets. Choose a city area in which you want to play cards: You can test your logic skills with Chess, your coolness with Poker Texas Hold’em, your mental calculation skills with Buraco or Kalooki 40......

14. Gambit

Gambit Sorry, we have added any description on Gambit......

15. PlayCatan

PlayCatan The browser based board game "The Settlers of Catan".......