---
name: "gnuchess"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnuchess"
version: "6.1.2-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnuchess/6"
---

# gnuchess(6)

Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself.

## NAME

gnuchess  - Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself.

## SYNOPSIS

**gnuchess**

## DESCRIPTION

Usually you will want to use gnuchess through a chess interface such as xboard, eboard or gnome-chess.

## SEE ALSO

[xboard(6)](/xboard/6.md)

## AUTHORS

**gnuchess** was written by Chua Kong Sian, Stuart Cracraft \<cracraft@ai.mit.edu\>, Lukas Geyer \<lukas@debian.org\>, Simon Waters \<simon@wretched.demon.co.uk\> and perhaps some others which might be named at *http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/chess/.*

This manual page was created by Andreas Tille \<tille@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).