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Native Engine List
Alphabetical Index
- 3d chess - Windows Edition - Stefan Hacker / Patrick Hillert / Max Stark
- 3D Chess - Robert Waite aka absynthe49
- 3D-Schach - Gerhard and Stefan Janisch
- Akiba Chess Engine - Bhrgunatha Deva, India
- ABP Chess Project - 3D Game - Samuel Jimnez / Arnau Padr / Jordi Radev / Isaac Serrano / Rubn Martnez Vidal
- Ajedrez Net - Oscar Gavira Ochando
- AlfChess - Alfonso Perrone
- Alpha Chess - Heresy Software, Canada
- Amazon Chess - StarFort Software
- ArbyChess - Elendia Pi Starman
- asisChess - AsIs Design Group
- Asp.Net MVC Chess Game - Mahmud Arslan
- AWIT (console-based interface, "awit.exe" - Tony Marsland, see Awit-Wita-Computer-Chess-Archive-Site
- Bard Chess Engine - Scott Irvin aka vorpix
- Battle Chess Game of Kings - Steam / Valve Corporation
- Battle vs. Chess - TopWare Interactive AG
- Bayes Chess - Antonio Fernández and Antonio Salmerón, Spain (University of Almería)
- Big Bang Chess for Mac OS X - Freeserve Software
- Blender game engine chess - Matthew Hyndman aka Almost
- Bowili Schach - Konrad Demmel, Germany
- brainless - David
- Brutal Chess - gauntalus a.k.a. Michael Cook / gyrojoe a.k.a. Joe Flint / neilpa
- Bukster Chess - Bukster Freeware Games
- Bullucks - Folkert van Heusden, Netherlands
- CHEOPS - Windows executable files - Tristan Miller
- Chess - jojowi
- Chess 2003 AI Project - Hamed Ahmadi
- Chess 2013 - 2020 (Free / Pro Edition) - Filip Höfer
- Chess Academy Spielprogramm - Goliath Blitz Engine - Witali Braslawski Software- und Buchverlag, Germany
- Chess Applet (Java) - Homeostatic Chess Player by Rick Wagner and Harald Schifferl, U.S.A. / Austria
- ChessAT (Java) - Alex Trichtchenko
- Chess Buddy Pogo engine and Yahoo engine - Play Buddy LLC
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- Anaconda - Google Drive by Kai Skibbe and Frank Schneider
- Bambam by Werner Inmann
- Chess Tiger by Christophe Théron - no longer available
- Comet by Dr. Ulrich Türke
- Crafty (SMP) by Prof. Robert Hyatt
- Doctor by Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Joachim Kraas and Dr. rer. nat. Günther Schrüfer
- EXchess by Daniel C. Homan
- Faile by Adrien Regimbald
- Fritz (SMP- UCI) by Vasik Rajlich, formerly Frans Morsch and Gyula Horváth
- HIARCS (SMP) by Mark Uniacke
- Houdini (SMP) UCI by Robert Houdart
- Inmichess by Werner Inmann
- Junior (SMP) - no longer available, cf Yokohama Edition (UCI) by Amir Ban and Shy Bushinsky
- Komodo (SMP) UCI by Larry Kaufman and Mark Lefler
- König Schwarz / Fritz & Fertig by Björn Lengwenus and Jörg Hilbert
- List by Fritz Reul
- Nimzo by Dr. Chrstian Donninger
- Pharaon (UCI) by Franck Zibi
- Rybka (SMP) UCI by Vasik Rajlich
- Schach dem Schweinehund by Dr. Christian Donninger - no longer available
- Schach Genie (Data Becker), powered by Fritz - no longer available
- Shannon by Mathias Feist
- Shredder (SMP) by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen - no longer available
- Sjeng (UCI) by Gian-Carlo Pascutto
- Tao a.k.a. Yin (UCI) by Bas Hamstra
- The Crazy Bishop by Rémi Coulom - no longer available
- Turing by Mathias Feist and Ken Thompson
- Young Talents (a collection of seven chess engines by different programmers) - no longer available
- AnMon by Christian Barreteau
- Goliath Light by Michael Borgstädt
- Gromit by Kai Skibbe and Frank Schneider
- Ikarus by Munjong Kolss and Muntsin Kolss
- Patzer by Roland Pfister
- Phalanx by Dusan Dobes
- SOS by Rudolf Huber
- Zap! Chess (Paderborn / Reykjavik / Zanzibar) by Anthony Cozzie - no longer available
- Chess-Challenge - Mohamed Mohab and Dawid Federowicz
- Chesscup - Kevin Boronka
- ChessDDD - vexis211
- Chess EBBIZ - Bruno Serge Pascal Bras
- Chess Engine - Cory Forsyth
- Chess Fiz - Andreas Herrmann, Germany
- Chess for Windows - James Elliott
- Chess Game AI Phantoms - Gehad Kaseb
- Chess Game C# - Abdullah Adel
- ChessGenius Classic - Lang Software Ltd, UK
- ChessGenius Millenium Chess System (Gold Collection - WM-Paket 2000) by Richard Lang - no longer available, DOS Edition
- NimzoWerkstatt Millenium Chess System by Dr. Chrstian Donninger - Google Drive
- Shredder Millenium Chess System by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen - no longer available
- WChess 2000 Millenium Chess System by David Kittinger - Google Drive
- Zarkov Millenium Chess System by John Stanback - Google Drive
- Chessie - Kerkia, Canada
- Chess Interactive (Java) - Arwid
- Chesskell - Alen Kubati, Jiten Suthar and Sanjay Paul
- Chess Mafia - Free Game Pick.com Fly-Games
- Chess Maniac - Falco Software
- Chess Marvel - AG Crump Software - Arthur Crump
- Chess Mastah - Svein Arne Roed
- Chess Project - MangoTux / nwalsh1995
- Chess Raks - LiteChess (Java) - Rakesh Kumar
- Chess Tutor - Doug Rosenberg
- Chess Ultra - Ripstone Ltd
- Chessy (JavaScript) - Andre Steenveld
- Comics Chess - oxmap
- CompuChess - Inertia Software, U.K.
- Cray Blitz (console-based interface, "blitz.exe" - Robert Hyatt, Harry Nelson and Albert Gower
- Cross - Platform 3D Chess - ComputeristGeek
- DAGAZ - Oleg Dorozhko
- Deep Ross - Marcel Poots, Netherlands
- DIVS Chess - Dennis Ideler / Viktor Stremler
- Drago (DOS version) - Stefano Gemma
- Dragon - Aleksey Manyakhin and other programmers, now part of Chess Assistant interface
- Echecs - IRCF
- Ecere Chess - Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis
- Engendrov - Raul Portales Fernandez
- Epta-Schach (Java) - Andreas Dannecker
- E-Ruby-Chess - Jerôme Arnaud / Sébastien Boisvert, Canada
- Falco Chess 3D - Falco Software
- Fantasy Chess - Dataware, Caledonia
- Frecchia (console mode) - Stefano Gemma
- Freeware Schach - Rolf Radke
- Friendly Chess - Şah Prietenos - Viorel Darie, Romania
- Frinker Chess - Filip ten Bruggencate
- GambitVB Chess - Willem Rens
- GChess - Gabriel da Cunha Henrich
- Glyph Chess - Sandy Knoll Software LLC
- GTChess - Henry Eck
- HTML5 2D/3D chess - Rivolta globale aka ilgrufo
- HotbabeChess - Kenneth Stauffer, U.S.A. - CNET
- IBChess - Ihor Bobak
- j2chess - Denis Frayssignes
- Janus-Schach - Uwe Auerswald
- Java Open Chess - Haker-MSL
- JChess (Java version) - Gary Blackwood
- JChessBoard - Claus Divossen
- Jogo de xadrez - Ugleiton Menezes
- JS Schach - Jürgen Schlottke, Germany
- KC Chess - Craig Bruce and Kevin Phillips, Canada
- KChess Elite and Advanced - Ark Angles, Australia
- Kostkové šachy- Download - Instaluj.cz, Czech Republic
- Linechec - dumas aka gerald3d
- Lingochess - Dietrich Business Systems
- Lord Of The Chess by TopGamePlay
- Lovechess products by Artmunk VOF, The Netherlands
- Maim Chess - Jason Allen Doucette, Canada
- Majestic Chess - ValuSoft Cosmi
- Mazette - A.D. Montero - Ribas, France
- Miguedrez - Manuel Felipe Gamallo Rivero, Spain
- Modula2Chess - Javier Callón Álvarez
- Monk - Wolf aka wolfware
- MooseChess - Mathew Ryan Morris
- Morphy Javascript CE - Janek Lasocki-Biczysko
- mpchess - Matei Petrescu
- ncchess - Qalam
- Neoxium Chess - Vítězslav Soběhrd, Czech Republic
- NimzoWerkstatt MCS - Christian Donninger
- Nova Chess - Thomas Starke
- N Schach - Nikolaus Neuerburg
- nvChess - Super X Studios LLC
- Nyx - Nathan Coleman
- OpenChess - Landon W. Rabern / Nabil Elissa
- Owl Chess - Borland International
- PacChess (Java) - hrothgar1
- Pascal Chess - lupus 590
- Pawn - Thomas Starke
- Pax Chess - Len Dorfman
- Pepovy šachy - Download - Instaluj.cz, Czech Republic
- Pure Chess - Developer´s Website - Ripstone Ltd, United Kingdom
- pythonchess - Jyrki Alakuijala and Hannu Helminen
- Python Chess - Steve Osborne aka yakinikuman
- Pythonchess - Rubychess - Glenn Lewis, see Ruby - Forum
- RelaxChess (formerly: wowchess) - Rysiek Rusinkiewicz
- Rookie - Marcel van Kervinck
- Ruby Chess - Sébastien Boisvert
- Sam Chess - Sam Rose
- saTRanc - Arbi (arbisto) and M. Serdar Soran (mssoran)
- Schach3D - Chess3D - Thomas Schwab Softwareentwicklung, Germany
- Scala-Chess - Marek Paskma
- Sconvolt - Orest Sota
- Shaag Chess - Scott Haag
- Sigma Chess - Ole K. Christensen, Denmark
- SkyChess - Ngo Anh Tuan
- skypeChess - Zoltán Császár
- Smart Neural Chess - printx.org
- Soft Chess - Alexandr Stanishevskiy
- Steviedisco 3D Chess - Steviedisco, UK
- Stoopid Chess - Jonny Reckless
- Supernatural 3D Chess - Foteini Valeonti aka nosuic
- SuperSjakkMatt (Java) - espgjae
- TchecMeet - Olivier de Lannoy
- The Genius - Senthil Kumar
- Thinking Machine - project of New Radio and Performing Arts Inc, U.S.A.
- Tjes - Marcel Nijman, Netherlands
- TorqChess - Wiktor Zychla, Poland
- Ultifinitus Chess - Stephen aka ultifinitus
- V4 Chess for Windows using VC++ - Vinay V
- Valil Chess-WinFX version - Valentin Iliescu - Windows Store
- Vektor3 Chess - Manfred Schubert
- Warlord Chess - William H. Rogers
- WebDesign Chess - Web Design kft = limited liability corporation, Hungary
- Wizard´s Chess - Lizzy / Michael Schornak / Suraj Saripalli
- Xadrez Master - more updated, but in principle same software like Chess Rk - Rk Soft, Brazil
- Yacht! - Yet Another Chess 3D - Valentina Alfano, Renzo del Fabbro and Ludovico Rossi, Italy
- Zebrachess - Gazumper
- Zillions of Games - Zillions Development Corporation
Contributors
Thanks to Norbert Raimund Leisner for creating this list! Additional information from: Lex Domingo and Michael Diosi