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title: Install GNOME Chess on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of GNOME Chess for Linux - Play the classic two-player
  board game of chess
url: https://snapcraft.io/gnome-chess
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# GNOME Chess

[GNOME](https://gnome.org/)

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)")

* [GNOME](https://gnome.org/)
* [Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ken-vandine "View all snaps from Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)")
* [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games)

latest/stable 48.0

Install latest/stable of GNOME Chess

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install gnome-chess
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* gnome-chess

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 2 May 2025 - latest/stable
* 10 March 2026 - latest/candidate

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/gnome-chess#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/gnome-chess#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/gnome-chess#tab-security)

#### Play the classic two-player board game of chess

GNOME Chess is a simple chess game. You can play against your computer at
three different difficulty levels, or against a friend at your computer.

Computer chess enthusiasts will appreciate GNOME Chess’s compatibility with
nearly all modern computer chess engines, and its ability to detect several
popular engines automatically if installed.

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## Install GNOME Chess on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/gnome-chess/raspbian)