Stockfish

Strong open-source chess engine

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Stockfish

Strong

Stockfish has won the Top Chess Engine Championship and Chess.com Computer Chess Championship, and consistently ranks highly on rating lists.

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Open Source

Stockfish is open source (GPLv3 license). That means you can read the code, modify it, and contribute back.

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Run Anywhere

You can use Stockfish on your computer or on your iOS or Android device. So you can get world-class chess analysis, wherever you are.

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