Stockfish Chess for PC

★ ★ ★ Stockfish Chess Overview

What is Stockfish Chess? Stockfish is a chess analysis app that allows users to play two-player games on a beautiful chess board or get instant accurate analysis of any game. The app is powered by the Stockfish chess engine, which is the strongest free chess engine in the world. The app has a gorgeous board that looks fantastic on Retina Displays and is full of nice touches. The app is completely free and open source.

Game Features and Description

1. Analysis is powered by the Stockfish chess engine, the strongest free chess engine in the world.

2. Play two-player games on the beautiful chess board, or get instant accurate analysis of any game.

3. Stockfish is a powerful chess analysis app.

4. You're getting top-notch analysis that surpasses the strongest human chess grandmasters.

5. Stockfish is completely free, and the source code is available on our website (stockfishchess.org) under the GPLv3 license.

6. It's full of nice touches: when you click or drag a piece, its destination squares are highlighted in yellow, and the best move is shown with a red arrow.

7. Stockfish has a gorgeous board that looks fantastic on Retina Displays.

8. Stockfish will tell you who's winning and calculate the best move.

9. Plus, you can go full screen for the most immersive chess experience.

10. You can browse through multi-game PGN files, copy and paste FEN strings, utilize Syzygy endgame tablebases, and use MultiPV.

11. Stockfish has many enhancements for advanced users.

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Download and install Stockfish Chess on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Stockfish Chess	Get App ↲	0 1	Daylen Yang

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 →	Daylen Yang	1	2.3.7

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	Daylen Yang	0	1

Download on Android: Download Android

Stockfish Chess functions

- Interactive, immersive board

- Top-notch chess analysis powered by the Stockfish chess engine

- Advanced features for advanced users, including browsing through multi-game PGN files, copying and pasting FEN strings, utilizing Syzygy endgame tablebases, and using MultiPV

- Completely free and open source with the source code available on the website under the GPLv3 license.

✔ Pros:

- Stockfish is a powerful free chess-playing software.

- The app is great for quickly checking solutions to chess puzzles and playing a quick game.

☹ Cons:

- The app routinely crashes on iPad.

- The app doesn't allow users to annotate their games or save analyses.

- The engine needs to be updated to the latest version.

- The app has no functionality and is a basic engine with no bells or whistles.

- The app is not suitable for users with high-end expectations, especially those used to running high-end 64-bit engines on multi-core liquid-cooled overclocked CPUs on Windows machines.

Top Pcmac Reviews

Weak

By Gurn42 (Pcmac user)

Typical for game apps on the App store. A basic engine that crashes often and has no functionality. If all you need is stripped down chess engine with absolutely no bells or whistles, I guess you will be happy with this app. But I am used to running many high end 64 bit engines on multi-core liquid cooled overclocked CPU’s on Windows machines, so my expectations are a little different. Mac OS is great for some things, just not chess (or virtually any other game).
Good, but...

By Bill VanB (Pcmac user)

the app is the most powerful free chess-playing software. That’s the good news. The bad news is that on my iPad it routinely crashes and doesn’t allow you to annotate your games or to save analyses. That said, I use it to quickly check the solutions to chess puzzles and to play a quick game.
Update Engine

By Caesss (Pcmac user)

Great Program please update the Engine to the latest version.
Stockfish

By Jeannsr (Pcmac user)

Great app!