Stockfish Chess Engine API This is a side project that I do for fun. Have fun!
Is lichess engine free?
Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. After finishing a game, you can request computer analysis using the latest Stockfish chess engine and learn from your mistakes or compare your game against a massive database of chess masters’ games.
Is there a chess engine app?
DroidFish is an Android port of the very strong Stockfish chess engine, combined with a feature-rich graphical user interface.
Why is it called stockfish?
The program originated from Glaurung, an open-source chess engine created by Romstad and first released in 2004. He named it Stockfish because it was “produced in Norway and cooked in Italy” (Romstad is Norwegian, Costalba is Italian).
Where can I find the chess web API?
Exposes the chess engine through a simple REST-like JSON WebAPI using Core MVC WebAPI. The Swagger UI for it can be seen at (may take to a few moments to fire up, it’s not exactly a popular site!).
Which is the best open source chess engine?
Stockfish is one of the strongest chess engines in the world. It is also much stronger than the best human chess grandmasters. Open Source. Unlike most chess engines, Stockfish is open source (GPL license). That means you can read the code, modify it, contribute back, and even use it in your own projects.
What is the business of the chess engine?
Chess is the “business” here. The project is designed for the engine itself to be easily reusable by multiple clients, be they front end UI’s with a (admittedly very basic) chessboard such as the Blazor, Angular and React clients or less visual tooling such as the webapi host for the engine (that the UI clients use). Core chess engine in C#.
Where can I find a C # chess engine?
A client-side blazor SPA that runs the native C# chess engine in the browser using Mono and WebAssembly. A version of this can be found at
