GNU Chess
Free software chess engine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about GNU Chess?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
GNU Chess is a free software chess engine and command-line interface chessboard. The goal of GNU Chess is to serve as a basis for research, and as such it has been used in numerous contexts.
Quick Facts Developer(s), Initial release ...
Developer(s) | GNU Project |
---|---|
Initial release | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) |
Stable release | |
Repository | |
Operating system | Linux, Unix, macOS, Windows |
Type | Computer chess |
License | 2010[lower-alpha 1]: GPL-3.0-or-later 1992[lower-alpha 2]: GPL-2.0-or-later 1986: Chess-GPL[lower-alpha 3][2][3] |
Website | www |
Close
GNU Chess is free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or any later version, and is maintained by collaborating developers. As one of the earliest computer chess programs with full source code available, it is one of the oldest for Unix-based systems and has since been ported to many other platforms.