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Chess Engines on Windows Pc

Developed By: Lucian Musca

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 26, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 1.4
Size 249.5 MB
Release Date September 14, 24
Category Board Games

What's New:
Current Release • Includes Stockfish 16.1, Stockfish 16, Clover 6.1 engines [see more]

Description from Developer:
The Chess Engines application serves as a companion to a chess GUI application and is not intended for standalone use.
It lacks a graphical user interface, functioning solely as a... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Chess Engines and play on Windows PC. Chess Engines is free Board game, developed by Lucian Musca. Latest version of Chess Engines is 1.4, was released on 2024-09-14 (updated on 2024-04-26). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500. Overall rating of Chess Engines is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Chess Engines on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Chess Engines on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Chess Engines on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play Chess Engines using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Chess Engines" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Chess Engines on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Chess Engines" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

Discussion

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The Chess Engines application serves as a companion to a chess GUI application and is not intended for standalone use.
It lacks a graphical user interface, functioning solely as a collection of chess engines.
These engines can be employed by any Android chess application that offers a GUI for interacting with the chess engine through the OEX (Open Exchange) protocol.

The application bundles native executables for the following open source chess engines:
• Stockfish 16.1 - https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2024/stockfish-16-1/
• Stockfish 16 - https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2023/stockfish-16/
• Clover 6.1 https://github.com/lucametehau/CloverEngine

Recommended Chess GUIs:
• Analyze your Chess (free) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucian.musca.chess.analyzeyourchess&hl=en
• Analyze your Chess Pro (paid) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucian.musca.chess.analyzeyourchess.pro&hl=en

To utilize the chess engine with the aforementioned GUIs, navigate to the Engine Management Screen > Overflow Menu > Install Open Exchange Engine . From there, select the desired chess engine(s) for installation.
Current Release
• Includes Stockfish 16.1, Stockfish 16, Clover 6.1 engines