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Chess Engines Collection on Windows Pc

Developed By: Acid Ape Studios

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 336 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 1.7
Size 98.2 MB
Release Date February 06, 23
Category Puzzle Games

What's New:
- Stockfish has been updated to version 15.1.- Lc0 has been updated to version 0.29.0. [see more]

Description from Developer:
This package provides optimized builds of the following open source chess engines:

• asmFish 20181204
• Bad Gyal 8 (powered by Lc0 0.29.0)
• Hakkapeliitta 3.0
• Lc0 0.29.0
• Maia... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Chess Engines Collection and play on Windows PC. Chess Engines Collection is free Puzzle game, developed by Acid Ape Studios. Latest version of Chess Engines Collection is 1.7, was released on 2023-02-06 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Chess Engines Collection is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 336 users, 49 users had rated it 5*, 248 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Chess Engines Collection on Windows?

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

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Chess Engines Collection 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 Collection 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 Collection" 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 Collection 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 Collection" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.7.

Download Chess Engines Collection 1.7 on Windows PC – 98.2 MB

This package provides optimized builds of the following open source chess engines:

• asmFish 20181204
• Bad Gyal 8 (powered by Lc0 0.29.0)
• Hakkapeliitta 3.0
• Lc0 0.29.0
• Maia (powered by Lc0 0.29.0)
• Rodent III 0.171
• Senpai 2.0
• Stockfish 15.1

They can be used with any chess app supporting the ACEI (Ape Chess Engine Interface) protocol.

The Rodent III predefined personalities can be listed and selected in Acid Ape Chess, which has first-class support for engine personalities.

When using Acid Ape Chess 1.10 or later, user-provided neural networks can be used with Stockfish and Lc0.

Note that asmFish is only provided for the ARM64 and x86-64 architectures.
- Stockfish has been updated to version 15.1.
- Lc0 has been updated to version 0.29.0.