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Chness: Many-Player Chess on Windows Pc

Developed By: Austin Weaver

License: Free

Rating: 3,4/5 - 28 votes

Last Updated: December 29, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 2.4.2
Size 3.9 MB
Release Date December 11, 22
Category Board Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (4)]

What's New:
This is actually a rerelease of the soon-to-be unpublished version 1.0 of this app.Added: - mechanics, including en passant, castling, and promotion - drag... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Chness allows you to play chess with any number of people. This many-player extension of chess was designed with simplicity in mind: it alters the rules and board used as little as... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Chness: Many-Player Chess and play on Windows PC. Chness: Many-Player Chess is free Board game, developed by Austin Weaver. Latest version of Chness: Many-Player Chess is 2.4.2, was released on 2022-12-11 (updated on 2023-12-29). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of Chness: Many-Player Chess is 3,4. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 28 users, 6 users had rated it 5*, 11 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Chness: Many-Player Chess on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Chness: Many-Player Chess on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Chness: Many-Player Chess 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 Chness: Many-Player Chess 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 "Chness: Many-Player Chess" 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 Chness: Many-Player Chess 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 "Chness: Many-Player Chess" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.4.2.

Download Chness: Many-Player Chess 2.4.2 on Windows PC – 3.9 MB

Chness allows you to play chess with any number of people. This many-player extension of chess was designed with simplicity in mind: it alters the rules and board used as little as possible.

Rereleased due to version control difficulties.
This is actually a rerelease of the soon-to-be unpublished version 1.0 of this app.

Added:
- mechanics, including en passant, castling, and promotion
- drag controls (in addition to the old tap-tap controls)
- win conditions
- undo and redo
- game saving/loading
- rules page
- about page
- zoom/scroll limits
- AI menu items
- Rudimentary AI
- recolored menu UIs
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.