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We've compiled a list of 35 free and paid alternatives to Jin. The primary competitors include Lichess, Arena. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Jin and XBoard, Shredder Chess, Chessmaster. Also you can look at other similar options here: Games.


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Chess game with enhanced AI in 3D environment.

Jin is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for chess servers, written in Java.

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Jin is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for chess servers, written in Java. Jin can run either as a standalone application (available at this website) or as an applet, directly from your browser (available at the chess server's website).

Currently supported servers are the Internet Chess Club and the Free Internet Chess Server. Officially supported platforms are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, although Jin should work on any operating system with a modern Java Runtime Environment (1.4 or later).

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