# Chess

Moldable

v0.1.1·Games

[Linux (Coming Soon)](/content/apps/chess#/index.html)

Play chess with Moldable or a local Stockfish engine, learn from guided positions, and replay your games.

## About

Make your next move with Moldable or Stockfish.

Play chess against Moldable in chat, continue hands-free with Voice, or choose Stockfish 18 for a local chess-engine opponent. Practice guided positions, turn on the tutor, and replay past games to see how a position developed.

- Play as White or Black at friendly, club, or master difficulty.
- Choose Moldable, the optional Stockfish engine, or a simple local opponent.
- Play with another person on the same board.
- Explore guided lessons, hints, and your saved game history.
- Continue on your paired iPhone with the same workspace and game state.

## Optional Stockfish engine

Stockfish installs on demand: a one-time download of about 16 MB, then local play on your desktop. It uses the pinned Lichess `@lichess-org/stockfish-web` 0.4.2 build of Stockfish 18 smallnet. No Stockfish binary or personal game history is bundled in the app release.

## Open source and attribution

Chess's own code is AGPL-3.0-or-later, with a specific additional permission for its Moldable UI and storage dependencies. Stockfish retains its upstream notices; the pinned package declares AGPL-3.0-or-later in its metadata but ships a GPLv3 LICENSE file. Chess-piece artwork is by jurgenwesterhof, adapted from Colin M. L. Burnett (Cburnett), under [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

[Chess source and license](https://github.com/moldable-ai/apps/tree/main/chess#license) include the full terms, third-party attribution, and exact engine-source links.

### Get this app

1. Download and open Moldable.
2. Open the Store and install Chess in one click.
3. It updates itself over time — nothing to maintain.

[Linux (Coming Soon)](/content/apps/chess#/index.html)