Board Games

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Play 9x9 Go online with computer programs Jogo and Wally. Uses pure HTML; no Java required.

Freeware download of the game for DOS.

Play correspondence chess online against fellow chess enthusiasts.

Multiplayer software for using WinBoard, Xboard and other FICS interfaces to play on Yahoo! Chess.

Commercial [ $30-$100] The Macintosh version of the 2005 World Computer Chess Blitz champion. Downloadable Demo, Universal binary. Updated Jan 2010.

An interface for FICS. Quite featureful. GPL, Unix/Linux only.

Knights is a relatively new graphical chess interface for KDE. It is, however, already quite featureful and very nice looking. Doubles as a chess engine front end. GPL, Unix (KDE) only.

The Chess Programming Wiki is a repository of information about programming computers to play chess.

Computer chess engine tournament called Open War.

3D Chess game that lets you play against the computer or against opponents across the Internet. Has various levels of play and can take many challenges. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000]

A classical Backgammon game with colorful and 3D realistic visualization. A choice of opponents: human, computer or network game. Different skill levels. Adjustable skins. [Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP]

A hexagonal variant. Includes downloads. [All Windows]

Network players on Linux or Windows introduce one piece into play until achieving four-in-a-row. [Open Source, GPL]

Go program for Unix and X11. Local, internet or modem play, as well as .SGF-compatible record and replay.

A pretty and complete SGF viewer/editor for the Go games records.

Intended as a workbench for prospective programmers of go engines, this program provides some simple built-in Go opponents for users to play and supports pipe and modem players.

Plays a form of atari-Go (first capture Go) on a 10x10 board.

Reviewed by Hilary Goldstein, [4.5/10]. "How often do you actually play Monopoly? And how often will you play it on your Xbox? Exactly."

A strong Othello program that includes internet play between humans and multiple playing brains.

[Free] Palm chess with several chess engines (Fruit,GNUChess,Toga,Phalanx,Scorpio - [V3.0RC2 1/2007]

[Freeware] Graphical interface for the free internet chess servers.

Review of Sigma Chess Lite 5.12, Vanessa Chess 2.01, with tournament results.

Discusses game collections, software, chess database, starting sites.

A graphic interface program. Includes news, FAQs, and downloads.

Chess engine for Winboard/Xboard. Has basic opening book and adjustable hash size.