A chess engine is a computer program that can play the game of chess, it can also refer not just to a program, but to a whole hardware machine. See also computer chess. However, usually the term chess engine is used to refer to a chess playing program that does not have its own user interface. Most chess engines use the common approach of attempting all possible moves from a given position and then choosing the best one with the help of a search (mostly alpha-beta pruning, which is an improvement over the minimax algorithm) and evaluate function.

List of chess engines

• Abrok
• Adamant
• Adam
• Alarm
• Aldebaran
• Amateur
• Amy
• Amyan
• AnMon
• Ant
• Arasan
• Aristarch
• Armageddon
• Asterisk
• Averno
• Awesome
• Ax
• BabyChess
• Baron
• Belle
• Belzebub
• Beowulf
• Bestia
• Betsy
• BigLion
• Bionic
• BlackBishop
• Blikskottel
• Bodo
• Booot
• BremboCB
• Bringer
• Bruja
• Brutus
• BSC
• Butcher
• Cassandre
• Catalejo
• Cecir
• Cefap
• Celes
• ChessMaster
• ChessTiger
• ChessV for chess variants
• Chezzz
• ChipTest
• Chispa
• Cilian
• Colchess
• Comet
• Crafty
• Cray Blitz
• Crux
• Cyberpagno
• Cyrus
• Damas
• Danchess
• DChess
• Deep Blue
• Deep Thought
• Deep Fritz
• Deep Junior
• DeepTrouble
• Delfi
• Deuterium
• Diep
• Djinn
• Dorky
• Dragon
• DrChess
• El Chinito
• Elephant
• Embracer
• Enano
• EnginMax
• Enigma
• Esc
• Excelsior
• ExChess
• Faile
• Fauce
• Fimbelwinter
• Fortress
• Francesca
• Frenzee
• Fritz
• Fruit
• Gaia
• Gandalf
• Gargamella
• Gaviota
• Gedeone
• Geko
• Gerbil
• Genesis
• Ghost
• Goliath
• Gothic Vortex 80 bit engine for Gothic Chess (2004)
• Gothmog
• GNU Chess
• Green Light
• Greko
• Grizzly
• Gromit
• Gully
• Hagrid
• HIARCS
• Hikeeba
• HiTech
• Holmes
• Horizon
• Hokuspokus
• Jester
• Joanna
• Jonny
• JsBaM
• Kace
• Kaissa
• Kanguruh
• KasparovX
• King of Kings
• KnightCap
• Knightdreamer
• Knightx
• Ktulu
• JuniorJunior
• LaDameBlanche
• LadyGambit
• LaMosca
• LambChop
• LarsenVB
• Leila
• Lightning
• List
• Little Goliath
• LordKing
• Luiza
• Madeleine
• Matacz
• Matheus
• Minichess
• Minimax
• Mint
• Monarch
• Mooboo
• Movei
• MrChess
• Muriel
• Mustang
• Mystery
• Nagaskaki
• Natwarlal
• Needle
• Nejmet
• Nero
• Nesik
• Neurosis
• Newrival
• NIMZO
• Noonian Chess
• Olithink
• Patriot
• Patzer
• Pentagon
• Pepito
• Phalanx
• Plywood
• PolarEngine
• Pooky
• Postmodernist
• Prechess
• Pulsar
• Pyotr
• Quark
• Queen
• Raffaela
• Rainman
• Ranita
• RDChess
• Rebel
• Replicant
• Requiem
• Resp
• Rikus
• Ruffian very agressive against weaker human beings
• Sargon
• SaruChess
• Scidlet
• Sdbc
• SEE
• Sharper
• Shredder a high end position understander
• Simon
• Sjeng
• SlowChess
• Smallpotato
• Smarthink
• Snail
• Soldat
• SOS
• SSEChess
• StAndersen
• StanChess
• StrategicDeep
• Sunsetter
• Taktix
• Tamerlane
• Tao
• TCB (The Crazy Bishop)
• Terra
• Thinker
• Thor
• Trace
• TRex
• Trynyty
• TSCP
• Tytan
• Ufim
• Wildcat
• Witz
• WjChess
• Yace
• Yawce
• ZChess
• Zephyr
• Zotron

External links

• Tim Mann list
• Chessopolis list