ChessRoots: Free & Open Source Chess Software for Studying
Free and open source chess software for studying and analyzing chess games, featuring game databases, analysis engine integration, annotation tools, and PGN export.
What is ChessRoots?
ChessRoots is a feature-rich yet easy to use free and open source chess software. It is designed to help chess players study and analyze their games. Some of the key features of ChessRoots include:
- Intuitive user interface with multiple board styles and piece sets to choose from.
- Support for popular chess game formats like PGN and FEN to import and export games.
- Database of over 1.5 million chess games played by top grandmasters that users can study.
- Powerful chess analysis engine integration that provides computer analysis and commentary on positions and moves in a game.
- Annotation and variations feature that allows users to add their own textual notes and analyze alternative lines within a game.
- Advanced search functionality to quickly find games in database based on criteria such as players, openings, events etc.
- Statistic dashboard that gives insights into a player's opening repertoire, favorite squares and pieces etc over their games collection.
Overall, ChessRoots aims to provide everything chess enthusiasts need - from game study, analysis and annotations to powerful databases - making it an excellent free alternative to commercial chess software suites.