![]() If you're not sure a chess engine is something you want to tinker with, don't buy anything-free engines are extremely powerful. These engines are primarily for training-you can play against them, analyze chess positions, and pit them against each other-so they're for people who seriously want to study the game. Komodo is also highly ranked, though you'll have to pay a subscription for the latest version (Komodo 9 is free), and Houdini costs €40 for the standard edition. ![]() I recommend the free and open source Stockfish engine or its derivatives. If you want to play against a powerful, customizable computer opponent for the purpose of studying chess, you'll want a chess engine. It supports online play with a separate account, and comes with a good computer opponent via the Stockfish engine (see the section below for an explanation on that). ![]() It's not nearly as slick as Chess Ultra, and it crashed on me pretty quickly, but hey, it's free. For a free-to-play alternative, try Simply Chess. ![]()
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