chess for linux

[jan1024188]

is there chess for linux (like junior 7)?
where can i download it?

[mzq]

Hi, I will post the Portage output. Hopefully, nobody will mind.

[08:23pm] /home/mzq> emerge -S chess                                          +
Searching...   
[ Results for search key : chess ]
[ Applications found : 19 ]
 
*  app-emacs/chess
      Latest version available: 2.0_beta5
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 4,207 kB
      Homepage:      http://emacs-chess.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   A chess client and library for Emacs
      License:       GPL-2

*  app-misc/chesstask [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.0
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 1,483 kB
      Homepage:      http://chesstask.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   An editor for chess problems. It will generate PostScript a                                                                                                                                                                                                    nd HTML files.
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/glchess
      Latest version available: 0.9.8
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 177 kB
      Homepage:      http://glchess.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   A 3D OpenGL based chess game
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/gnuchess
      Latest version available: 5.07
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 229 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/chess.html
      Description:   Console based chess interface
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/gnuchess-book
      Latest version available: 1.00
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 25,649 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/chess.html
      Description:   Opening book for gnuchess
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/pouetchess
      Latest version available: 0.2.0
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 1,030 kB
      Homepage:      http://pouetchess.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   3D and open source chess game
      License:       GPL-2

*  sci-misc/chessbrain
      Latest version available: 20407-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 130 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.chessbrain.net/
      Description:   client for the ChessBrain distributed computing project
      License:       freedist
*  app-vim/pgn-syntax
      Latest version available: 1.0
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 0 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=677
      Description:   vim plugin: PGN (chess Portable Game Notation) syntax highl                                                                                                                                                                                                    ighting
      License:       as-is
*  games-board/crafty
      Latest version available: 20.13
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 412 kB
      Homepage:      ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/
      Description:   Bob Hyatt's strong chess engine
      License:       crafty

*  games-board/daemonshogi
      Latest version available: 0.1.3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 495 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.users.yun.co.jp/~tokita/daemonshogi/
      Description:   A GTK+ based, simple shogi (Japanese chess) program
      License:       GPL-2 LGPL-2

*  games-board/eboard
      Latest version available: 0.9.5
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 1,380 kB
      Homepage:      http://eboard.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   chess interface for POSIX systems
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/gamazons
      Latest version available: 0.83
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 252 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.yorgalily.org/gamazons/
      Description:   A chess/go hybrid
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/gnushogi
      Latest version available: 1.3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 545 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.gnu.org/directory/games/gnushogi.html
      Description:   Japanese version of chess (commandline + X-Version)
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/knights
      Latest version available: 0.6
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 2,623 kB
      Homepage:      http://knights.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   KDE Chess Interface
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/natch
      Latest version available: 2.4
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 192 kB
      Homepage:      http://natch.free.fr/Natch.html
      Description:   A program to solve chess proof games
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/scid
      Latest version available: 3.6.1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 5,567 kB
      Homepage:      http://scid.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   a free chess database application
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/sjeng
      Latest version available: 11.2-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 169 kB
      Homepage:      http://sjeng.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   Console based chess interface
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/slibo
      Latest version available: 0.4.4
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 876 kB
      Homepage:      http://slibo.sourceforge.net/
      Description:   A comfortable replacement for the xboard chess interface
      License:       GPL-2

*  games-board/xboard
      Latest version available: 4.2.7
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 1,287 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html
      Description:   GUI for gnuchess and for internet chess servers
      License:       GPL-2

[Marsolin]

There are a number of chess games for Linux. Here is a list of board games in general.

Some of the available chess games are: 3D Chess, GNOME Chess, XBoard, Knights, and DreamChess.

[jan1024188]

thank you both
i've installed 3d chess&gnome chess

the problem is i dont know how to run them....

nothing adds to my games menu

[ThomasDA]

You should also try pychess - Pychess - News which is an excellent, gnomy chess client for Linux.

[techieMoe]

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