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Use this command to install Jerry - Das Schachprogramm:
winget install --id=asdfjkl.JerryChess -e

Jerry is a cross-platform chess graphical user interface. based around one of the world's best chess program Stockfish - play against the computer - adjust strength levels to match your skill - enter, edit and analyse games - fully automatic game analysis - read and save games in standard PGN format - copy and paste FEN positions and pgn games from clipboard - cross-platform: modern look on Linux and Windows - handle large (i.e. 1 GB) PGN files - easy and intuitive GUI - free software (GNU GPL 2), no adware/spyware

Jerry is a cross-platform graphical user interface designed for advanced chess analysis and gameplay, built around one of the world’s best chess engines, Stockfish.

Key Features:

  • Play against the computer with adjustable strength levels to suit your skill.
  • Enter, edit, and analyze games manually or through fully automatic game analysis.
  • Read and save games in standard PGN format, copy and paste FEN positions, and handle large PGN files (up to 1 GB).
  • Enjoy a modern, cross-platform design with an intuitive GUI optimized for Linux and Windows.

Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for chess enthusiasts, casual players, and analysts seeking to improve their skills through advanced game analysis and customizable gameplay. Jerry provides tools to enhance learning, strategy development, and efficient game management, all while maintaining a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

Installable via winget.

README

JFXChess - JavaFX Chess GUI

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About

JFXChess is a cross-platform chess graphical user interface.

  • based around one of the world's best chess program Stockfish
  • play against the computer
  • adjust strength levels to match your skill
  • enter, edit and analyse games
  • fully automatic game analysis
  • read and save games in standard PGN format
  • copy and paste FEN positions and pgn games from clipboard
  • cross-platform: modern look on Linux and Windows
  • handle large (i.e. 1 GB) PGN files
  • easy and intuitive GUI
  • free software (GNU GPL 2), no adware/spyware

Download

Current Version: 4.3.0

Blog

Once in a while I blog about the development of JFXChess at my blog.

Changelog

Version 4.3.0 (December 2024)

  • improved drag'n'drop pieces to setup a new position
  • finer-grained centipawn threshold when analysing games
  • new opening book based on lichess master games
  • packaged stockfish 17
  • multipv up to 64 lines (for custom engines; for packaged engine 4 lines)
  • reworked the dialog to enter game information to prevent accidently entering wrong date formats
  • added ability to setup up header tags for White and Black's Elo
  • ability to setup en passant square when entering a new position
  • better word wrapping when entering text comments
  • when opening a PGN, always scroll to entry 0
  • better support for PGN files in UTF-8; removed support for legacy iso-latin-1 encodings
  • moved linux snap to core22
  • fixed a bug where pasting pgn or fen via clipboard did not work
  • fixed a bug where replacing (overwriting) a game in a PGN did not work
  • fixed a bug where the last save and open directory path where not remembered
  • fixed a bug where the game result was not stored in PGN despite being set in game information dialog

Version 4.2.1 (July 2022)

  • drag and drop when setting up a position (thx @TTorel)
  • adjust strength for any engine that supports 'uciLimitStrength'
  • flat style dialogs to better match theme
  • nicer looking opening book view
  • icon to indicate whose turn it is
  • computer's books moves are not selected randomly, but depend on chosen engine strength and opening
  • moves in bookview are shown in SAN notation instead of uci notation
  • some layout fixes
  • deleting games in database view
  • several bugfixes

Version 4.2.0 (Dec 2021)

  • opening book with statistics
  • dark mode
  • several bugfixes

Version 4.1.1 (Jan 2021)

  • fixed bug when starting a new game

Version 4.1.0 (Jan 2021)

  • several bugfixes (see issue tracker)
  • database: edit & save for large PGNs
  • colorize last move
  • drawing arrows & colorizing fields
  • keyboard shortcuts
  • fullscreen mode
  • option to hide toolbar

Version 4.0.0 (Oct 2020)

  • complete rewrite
  • position search even in very large PGN files

Version 3.2.1 (Dec 2019)

  • bug fix in displaying move and position annotations
  • ability to flip board when entering a new position

Version 3.2.0 (July 2019)

  • MultiPV up to 4 lines
  • ability to handle and search (metadata) of large (> 1 GB) PGN files
  • user defined font-sizes

Donate

You can support the development of JFXChess by donating via PayPal.

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Roadmap

various ideas for future versions:

  • [DONE] opening book support
  • [DONE] replace Stockfish skill level with UciLimitStrength (any engine)
  • more options to edit/replace/add games in pgn files
  • visual representation (i.e. graph) of game progress
  • ability to set default database
  • ship a default database of a few thousand interesting games
  • option to show arrow that illustrates engine top-move in analysis
  • [DONE] "drag" pieces in enter-position dialog
  • show more engine info: Tablebase Hits and Hash percentage
  • ship with pre-configured 4-piece (size!) tablebases
  • ability to click on engine lines
  • drag and drop for pgn files
Versions
4.3.0
4.2.1
4.2.0
Website
github.com
License