"Best" free chess programs?

Question

I'm still not much better than a beginner at chess, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a free downloadable PC chess program that does a good job with training. The chess engine doesn't need to be the most powerful; as long as it's better than an intermediate human player, that should work.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I don't know if they have good tutorials, but for free chess software you often need an interface.

Winboard comes with Gnuchess.

http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html

Answer 2

Internet Chess Club has some downloadable software that plays a good game of chess.  You can also play people from all over the world on that site.  www.itsyourturn.com also is a good place to play other people.

Answer 3

Chessmaster 10th edition. It cost money though....but its a great trainer.

Answer 4

Try this one ...

http://www.playingchess.net

free online chess game (no downloads).

Answer 5

Winboard (XBoard for Unix systems) is probably the best freeware program online.  You can pick it up at http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html

HOWEVER, if you're not interested in it...  you can check out Source Forge ( http://www.sourceforge.net ) for other free chess programs that suit your needs.