j2chess - Chess program written in Java

Oct 02

j2chess - Chess program written in Java

j2chess is a chess program written in Java.
Consequently j2chess can run on any platform where a Java Virtual Machine is installed (version 1.4.x or later recommended).

j2chess includes an opening book of 15,000 games and can play games in three different modes; casual, blitz and blitz Fisher.
j2chess can read “.pgn” library files and therefore can be used as a “.pgn” browser as well.

As a matter of fact, j2chess is a pure hobby project and its development progress is fairly slow! But who minds? ;-) I just hope I’ll give you the opportunity to have fun playing chess. You can also help me to improve j2chess by sending me your feedback via email. j2chess is a freeware but if you enjoy it you can always say “Thank you” by making a donation.

What’s New:
Version 2.9:

new features:

Português do Brasil language support
New Language option: it is now possible to choose j2chess language regardless of the OS locale (j2chess restart required)
Game log renderer: little icons are now dislayed (, , …) instead of letters (N, K, …)
PGN libraries: columns can be dynamicaly sorted