Free Chess Downloads
| ChessBase 3.0 Golden oldie from 1991 |
Lchess 3.0 The forerunner of ChessPartner from Lokasoft. | ||
| Mychess Historic Mychess from Dave Kittinger, the year is 1979! |
Centaur Nice Windows program. | ||
| Now Nice oldie from 1991 written by Mark Lefter. |
Siberian Chess Good looking program from 1994 written by Eugene Nalimov. | ||
| Rex Chess Popular program during the late 80's and early 90's written by Don Daily. |
Colossus X One of the first good looking chess program on the PC written by Martin Bryant. | ||
| Complete Chess System Forerunner of the famous CSTAL by Chris Chris Whittington. |
Chess Player 2150 Forerunner of Complete Chess System. | Rebel Decade 1.0 The first free Rebel. Installation instructions. |
Chess Genius 3.0 Chess Genius 3, the ruler of the early 90's. |
| Chess DB A very good database program. |
Chenard Good looking Windows program, average strength. | ||
| Ychess 1.09 DOS oldie. |
Powerchess Very nice DOS oldie from 1989. | ||
| Thinker Winboard program with own interface. |
Trace 1.73 Very nice Winboard program with own interface. | ||
| Nova Chess Version 1.12 from 1996 by Thomas Starke. |
Grandmaster Chess Very nice 1992 oldie from Capstone. | ||
| Rival Chess DOS Oldie from 1995. |
New Rival And its Windows successor from 1996. | ||
| Fritz 5.32 The very best of best freeware. |
Rebel XP The DOS version of 2002. | ||
| Rebel 7.0 Somewhat better than Rebel 6.0 Installation instructions. |
Rebel Century 1.0 Successor of Rebel 10. The addition "Century" because of the pending Millennium. Installation instructions. | ||
| Rebel Century 3.0 One of the last DOS Rebel's. Installation instructions. |
Rebel Decade 3.0 The freeware Rebel. Over 1 million downloads. Installation instructions. | ||
| Mephisto Gideon Ed Schröder's first born on the PC, the year is 1993. Installation instructions. |
Rebel 6.0 Another classic, besides strength also the introduction of voluminous database facilities. Installation instructions. | ||
| Rebel 9.0 Leading the SSDF list & sieger of the world's no.10 chess player Artur Yussupov. Installation instructions. |
Rebel 10 Victor of the match against the world's no.2 chess player Vishy Anand. Installation instructions. | Sargon V World Famous Sargon, by Dan and Kate Spracklen. |
10 in one 10 (less known) Chess Programs in one download. |
| Ectool 7.01 Play chess by email. Winboard Engines support for analysis. |
Fritz 2.51 Well known. With kind permission from ChessBase. | ||
| Psion (1982) Richard Lang's first born! |
Psion (1985) Version 2.13 by Richard Lang. | ||
| Winchess 2.0 Great 3-D Graphics. |
Der Bringer 1.9 Nice program by Gerrit Reubold. | ||
| ChessRally With a Crafty engine inside. |
Chess Genius 2.0 The Genius of 1993, with kind permission from Richard Lang. | ||
| ChessMaster 2000 ChessMaster 2000 (1986) by The Software Toolworks. |
ChessMaster 2100 ChessMaster 2100 (1988) by The Software Toolworks.. | ||
| Cyrus One of the world's first chess programs. |
Fritz2 Well known. With kind permission from ChessBase. | ||
| Arena Arena is the best freely available Graphical User Interface for multiple chess engines. A must have. |
BattleChess Classic from 1988. Operation: click-right and hold down to enter the menu's. | ||
| BattleChess 4.0 Demo. Great graphics, lots of fun and Windows compatible. |
Fritz 1.0 ChessBase first born. With kind permission from ChessBase chief Matthias Wüllenweber | ||
| Chess Genius 1.0 The sensation of 1992. With kind permission from Richard Lang. |
ChessBase Light Although a bit outdated this programs remains a super download. |