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josé

From author's site:

josé is a graphical Chess tool. You can store chess games in a database (backed by MySQL). You can view games and edit variations and comments. You can play against a "plugged-in" chess engine and use it for analysis.

josé is packaged with the Toga and Spike chess engines.
However, there is a huge number of freely available -and commercial- engines that you can also use with jose:

Features:

* graphical frontend to MySQL database
* read and write PGN (Portable Game Notations) files
* 2D and 3D view
* edit games, insert comments, variations
* plug-in chess engine for play and analysis; supports both XBoard and UCI protocol.
* Play Fischer Random Chess / Chess 960, or Shuffle Chess
* Opening Books
* ECO opening classification
* Position Search

Rating: 
Select Pick!
Registration: 
not required
OS Support: 
Windows
OS Support: 
Mac OS X
OS Support: 
GNU/Linux

Brutal Chess

From author's site:

Brutal Chess features full 3D graphics, an advanced particle engine, and several different levels of intelligent AI, inspired by the once popular "Battle Chess" released by Interplay circa 1988.

Registration: 
not required
OS Support: 
Windows

Chenard Chess

Capable freeware, lightweight (small size)computer chess program. Plays a fairly strong game. Chenard automatically learns new openings. You may choose how many seconds the computer should think. Readable log of the game.

Chenard can say the notation for each move played in the game... (NOTE: Main program file is 'winchen.zip'. Sounds are 'chenwav.zip').

Rating: 
Very Good
Registration: 
not required
OS Support: 
Windows
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