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GNOME Chess

GNOME graphical front-end for playing chess
VideoGame chess_playing_software Q1019252

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
chess playing software, free software[3]
Inception
2000
Official website
wiki.gnome.org
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Website
wiki.gnome.org
Programming language
Vala, C
Part of
GNOME Games Collection, GNOME
Has use
computer chess
Copyright license
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later[7]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Creator
Robert Ancell[2]
Developer
The GNOME Project[6]
Different from
GNU Chess
GUI toolkit or framework
GTK
Has characteristic
free and open-source video game
Maintained by
Robert Ancell, Michael Catanzaro[4][5]
Operating system
GNU/Linux, Unix-like operating system[10][11]
Platform
GNOME
Programmed in
Vala, C[8][9]
Software version identifier
3.26.0, 3.28.0, 3.28.1, 3.34.0, 3.53.3, 3.36.0, 3.37.1, 3.37.1.1, 3.37.2, 3.36.1, 3.37.3, 3.38.0, 3.36.2, 3.38.1, 40.alpha, 40.0, 40.1, 41.0[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Use
computer chess
Version
3.26.0, 3.28.0, 3.28.1, 3.34.0, 3.53.3, 3.36.0, 3.37.1, 3.37.1.1, 3.37.2, 3.36.1, 3.37.3, 3.38.0, 3.36.2, 3.38.1, 40.alpha, 40.0, 40.1, 41.0
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 26
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
GNOME Chess 3D 3.11.92.png ↗
AUR package
gnome-chess-git
Arch Linux package
gnome-chess
Debian source package
gnome-chess (1999–present)
Debian stable package
gnome-chess
Fedora package
gnome-chess
Flathub ID
org.gnome.Chess
Free Software Directory entry
Gnome-chess
FreeBSD port
games/gnome-chess
Freebase ID
/m/047mvyp
GamerProfiles game ID
Q2Lk
Gentoo package
games-board/gnome-chess
Show all 26 identifiers +14
Guix Variable Name
gnome-chess
Holarse article ID
gnome_chess
Internet Game Database game ID
gnome-chess
Launchpad.net project ID
ubuntu/+source/gnome-chess
LibreGameWiki ID
Gnome_Chess
Lutris game ID
gnome-chess
MacPorts port
gnome-chess
Nixpkgs ID
gnome-chess
OpenSUSE package
gnome-chess
Repology project name
gnome-chess
SlackBuilds package
games/gnome-chess
Source code repository URL
git.gnome.org, github.com, gitlab.gnome.org
Ubuntu package
gnome-chess
Vglist video game ID
46568

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
GNOME Games Collection
Developer 1
The GNOME Project
Different from 1
GNU Chess
GUI toolkit or framework 1
GTK
Has use 1
computer chess
Instance of 1
free software
Operating system 1
Unix-like operating system
Part of 1
GNOME Games Collection
Programmed in 1
Vala
← Different from 1
GNU Chess
← Used by 1
GNU Chess
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Summary

GNOME Chess is a chess playing software[1].

Related Entities

free software Unix-like operating system Vala

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wiki.gnome.org. Retrieved . wiki.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . git.gnome.org. Retrieved . git.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. Retrieved . gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . gitlab.gnome.org. gitlab.gnome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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