GNOME Chess

Play the classic two-player board game of chess

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About

GNOME Chess is a simple chess game. You can play against your computer at three different difficulty levels, or against a friend at your computer. Computer chess enthusiasts will appreciate GNOME Chess’s compatibility with nearly all modern computer chess engines, and its ability to detect several popular engines automatically if installed.

Required configuration

Requires: a screen with its shortest side at least 360 px. Recommends: mouse or touchpad, touch screen.

Additional information

Project

Developer: The GNOME Project
Publisher: Ken VanDine
License: GPL-3.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-chess
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Latest release: September 11, 2026 (1 month ago)Actively maintained · 3 releases in the last year
Release history: Last 4 releases
50.1September 11, 2026
50.0March 12, 2026
50~betaJanuary 29, 2026
49.2October 1, 2025
Languages: 74 languages

Install

Size: 1.6 MB
Installs: 158,636 on Flathub631 in the last 7 days
Available via: Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 14 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Candidate build), AUR (Git build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)
Flatpak sandbox: Limited access
Runs in a sandbox with no access to your personal files or devices beyond what's listed.

About this data

Sources: 19 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (14)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	GNOME Chess	50.1	Official build	GPL-3.0+	Play the classic two-player board game of chess
Snap Store	GNOME Chess	49.2	—	GPL-3.0+	Play the classic two-player board game of chess
Snap Store (Candidate build)	GNOME Chess	49.2	—	GPL-3.0+	Play the classic two-player board game of chess
AUR (Git build)	gnome-chess-git	43.2+6+g389df74-1	—	GPL	Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess
Debian	gnome-chess	1:48.0-1+b1	Distribution build	—	simple chess game
Ubuntu	gnome-chess	1:49.2-2	Distribution build	—	simple chess game
Fedora	gnome-chess	50.1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC0-1.0	GNOME Chess game
Arch Linux	gnome-chess	50.1-1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess
Nixpkgs	gnome-chess	50.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess
openSUSE	gnome-chess	50.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Chess Game for GNOME
Alpine Linux	gnome-chess	50.0-r0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess
Void Linux	gnome-chess	50.0_1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	GNOME chess user interface
Solus	gnome-chess	48.0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	GNOME Chess Game
Gentoo (Candidate build)	gnome-chess	50.1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess