Stockfish Chess for PC

★ ★ ★ Stockfish Chess Overview

What is Stockfish Chess? This is a free chess program that is much stronger than most commercial iPhone chess apps. It plays aggressive and dynamic chess, and is not afraid of sacrificing material for initiative or attacking chances. It has adjustable playing strength and allows you to choose between several styles of play. It has a big, deep and varied opening book and displays book moves and engine analysis. It also allows you to easily set up board positions and supports saving and loading games to PGN files, sending games by e-mail, and transferring PGN files between your device and your computer. You can play against the machine, or play both sides, with or without book moves and engine analysis displayed on the screen. It also has nine piece sets and eight color schemes to choose from. The complete source code is available under the GNU General Public License.

Game Features and Description

1. * Displays book moves and engine analysis, including search depth, evaluations and main lines.

2. * Play against the machine, or play both sides, with or without book moves and engine analysis displayed on the screen.

3. * Supports saving and loading games to PGN files, sending games by e-mail, and transferring PGN files between your device and your computer.

4. * Plays aggressive and dynamic chess, and is not afraid of sacrificing material for initiative or attacking chances.

5. * Choose between several styles of play: "Passive", "Solid", "Active", "Aggressive" or "Suicidal".

6. * Able to think during the opponent's time, for maximum playing strength (disabled by default, in order to save battery life).

7. Choose between three levels of book variety.

8. * Choose from nine piece sets and eight color schemes.

9. * Complete source code available under the GNU General Public License.

10. * Big, deep and varied opening book.

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Download and install Stockfish Chess on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Stockfish Chess	Get App ↲	214 3.93	Tord Romstad

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Stockfish Chess app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Stockfish Chess on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Stockfish Chess"
The search will reveal the Stockfish Chess app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Stockfish Chess is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Stockfish Chess.
Now enjoy Stockfish Chess on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Tord Romstad	3.93	2.13.0

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Stockfish Chess Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Stockfish Chess,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Stockfish Chess" » then Click "Install".
- Stockfish Chess will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Stockfish Chess on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Tord Romstad	214	3.93

Download on Android: Download Android

Stockfish Chess functions

- Free, but much stronger than most commercial iPhone chess apps

- Plays aggressive and dynamic chess

- Adjustable playing strength

- Choose between several styles of play: "Passive", "Solid", "Active", "Aggressive" or "Suicidal"

- Big, deep and varied opening book

- Choose between three levels of book variety

- Displays book moves and engine analysis, including search depth, evaluations and main lines

- Allows you to easily set up board positions

- Able to think during the opponent's time, for maximum playing strength (disabled by default, in order to save battery life)

- Supports saving and loading games to PGN files

- Sending games by e-mail

- Transferring PGN files between your device and your computer

- Play against the machine, or play both sides

- Choose from nine piece sets and eight color schemes

- Complete source code available under the GNU General Public License.

✔ Pros:

- Stockfish is the strongest chess app in the world, with a playing strength well over 3000 elo.

- It helps users improve their chess skills.

- It is free to download and use.

- The opening book and playing strength are amazing.

- It is very useful for chess tournament players.

☹ Cons:

- It would be nice to have the option to enter variations without overwriting the entire game.

- Users would like the option to write annotations when going over their games.

- The app has not been updated in a long time, and it is unclear how it is running on Stockfish 10.

Top Pcmac Reviews

The best chess app

By richerchess (Pcmac user)

I have an iPhone SE purchased Nov 2017 with iOS 11.2.5. I downloaded the app (and the HIARCS chess app)the same day I bought the phone. the app is better than any other chess app (with HIARCS a close second). the app is well over 3000 elo on my phone. It has more playing modes and features than other chess apps, is VERY easy to use, and it’s free! An example of a feature missing on most or all other apps is the display, in any play mode, of nodes(positions) searched per second, continuously updated every second, in addition to how many total nodes(positions) have been searched so far, also updated every second. I have not had any problems or glitches with the app. The phone can get quite warm when running the program but that’s normal and can be lessened by putting phone on low power mode or setting the app to not think on your time. If u have a smartphone, I recommend downloading this app!
Only One question

By imaim29847449 (Pcmac user)

This is a great app and has the strongest chess game I’ve ever run across. The only question I have is if this app hasn’t been updated in so long how is it possible that it’s running on the app 10. It tells us this is the app 10 but if it hasn’t been updated in years then how is that even possible? I think it’s still on a older version and I think they should create an update to provide us some type of confirmation that it has been updated and is running the the app 10 like it claims it is.
Very Strong Chess Engine.

By Oscarclever (Pcmac user)

Seriously, this app really tells the truth rather being ironic. It is the strongest chess app in the world. Even the strongest chess player couldn’t surpass this well-educated chess engine. It really finds a move that nobody can think of. It even helps people gets better and better at chess. If anyone wants to find the strong chess engine, this app and other app called “SmallFish” are the winners!!! However, I had noticed that the app developer doesn’t update his app anymore. The the app now uses the app 9 engine, which is 3443 Elo rating. Who doesn’t like to reach their goal of becoming strong at something? Plus, who wants to fail? Definitely nobody. The analysis is very strong. However, there is a negative thing on this app. In the analysis mode, it doesn’t tells you about the opening book, whilst showing strong moves, instead. Most chess engine uses opening book, even on analysis mode. I don’t mind about that, but one might experience Opening Book rather than the strong moves in the Analysis mode. Actually, if you had an iPad, then it will show both in the Analysis Mode, but not iPhone. This doesn’t affect the rating of the whole performance. Seek you somewhere!
Add Variations and Annotations

By adchessmaster (Pcmac user)

I have just about every chess app paid and free in the App Store and this is by far my favorite, and it is free! For me, an 1800, player this app is able to do 90% of everything I would want. Playing strength and opening book are amazing but it would be nice to enter variations without the entire game being overwritten. Also, I would like the option to write annotations in when going over my games. Adding those two features would turn this great app into an amazing app. Any chess tournament player should have this app it is very useful and by far the best chess app in the App Store. p.s. I use this app every day and I have never had any bug problems (on iPad).