DreamChess

[eMTe]

DreamChess is an open source chess game. Primary target platforms are Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. DreamChess features 3D OpenGL graphics and provides various chess board sets, ranging from classic wooden to flat figurines.

A moderately strong chess engine is included: Dreamer. However, should this engine be too weak for you, then you can use any other XBoard-compatible chess engine, including the popular Crafty and GNU Chess.

Other features include music, sound effects, on-screen move lists using SAN notation, undo functionality, and savegames in PGN format.

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Looks decent imo.

Developer: DreamChess team

http://www.dreamchess.org/

[Chroelle]

I am not much of a chess player, but I think this looks really pretty, and it plays really well too. I got my first game a draw, and I think I might be lucky to get that...

[eMTe]

It is the very basic chess program, without any options like for example beginners' game, calculation of moves strength, openings database, setting chess puzzles etc. You cant even see the whole notation while you finish the game. Nothing can be said about engine strength, except creators claiming that it is "moderately" strength, whatever it means. Moreover, current version is 0.2.0, so imo it's not the finished program at all. It looks to me more like a casual online flash game than serious project, at least in this stage of development. Comparing this game to what good chess program should be it is very, very dull. It contains the very basic chess program options, ie you can play chess and you can do it with 8 different "opponents", on the other side, it contains nothing more than this.