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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Playing Chess on NixOS ==<br />
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=== Engines ===<br />
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For most chess applications, if you want to play against the computer, you need to install one or more chess engines in addition. Some applications will automatically detect the engines (e.g GNOME Chess) others will need them configured via the user interface (application settings). Note that some engines are impossible to win against (e.g. gnuchess) while others will make your game a bit more fun.<br />
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{ pkgs, ... }:<br />
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{<br />
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [<br />
gnuchess<br />
scid-vs-pc # Phalanx and Fruit<br />
stockfish<br />
];<br />
}<br />
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=== GUI based ===<br />
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[https://chessx.sourceforge.io/ ChessX] is installable via <code>chessx</code>.<br />
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[https://cutechess.com/ Cute Chess] is installable via <code>cutechess</code>.<br />
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[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-chess GNOME Chess] is installable via <code>gnome-chess</code>.<br />
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[https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/ Lucas Chess] is not packaged for NixOS yet (see [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/303420 nixpkgs#303420]).<br />
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[https://pychess.github.io/ PyChess], installable via <code>pychess</code>, is currently broken (see [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/442080 nixpkgs#442080]).<br />
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=== Graphics based ===<br />
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[https://www.dreamchess.org/ DreamChess] is installable via <code>dreamchess</code>.<br />
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=== Terminal based ===<br />
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[https://thomas-mauran.github.io/chess-tui/docs/Installation/NixOS Chess TUI] is installable via <code>chess-tui</code>. Use <code>-e</code> to select an [https://thomas-mauran.github.io/chess-tui/docs/Configuration/engine engine] or use the [https://thomas-mauran.github.io/chess-tui/docs/Configuration/configuration-intro configuration file].<br />
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[https://github.com/maaslalani/gambit Gambit] is installable via <code>gambit-chess</code>.<br />
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[https://tmountain.github.io/uchess/ uchess] is installable via <code>uchess</code>. Works with UCI chess engines.</div>Arborodin