It's difficult to find a chess program that allows playing between two humans on the same machine. Does Linux have one?

What's wrong with the more social chess set?

That you may be lacking one.

So we have a ≥$500 pc but lack a ≤$5 chess set? Singular.

Recording games might be a good reason to want to play with a computer instead of a physical chess board.

I've seen android apps that would be nice to play on a tablet for example:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oef.chessboard

8bit

How do you know my pc is >= $500?

How do you play chess two persons with one computer? One player is sitting on lap of the other? Is it still chess then? Or shall we call it sex?

I usually go to ubuntu to look up answers for these kind of questions

https://linuxhint.com/best_chess_games_ubuntu/

or maybe a voice to text app for the moves. While the board is next to you. Salvation Army or Goodwill is full of donated chess sets. The fancy ones are silent auction. Should be like a thrift store over seas?

https://sgwmscdnimages.azureedge.net...103739tgos.JPG

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Since it is a roman era type of chess set. I am one of those that cruises pawn shops for deals also.

Your pc cost somebody that much.

And anything like this but written for linux instead of android? I assume the android app won't run under linux?

And how does that somebody know what pc I have?

I don't understand anyone's resistance to stf92 using his/her/their computer the way they want. Plug in a second USB mouse, sit side by side, and have fun.

8bit

edit: Try: http://plainchess.timwoelfle.de/

This was the question, I understand OP has two humans, the program is missing. The program which runs locally and can record the play.

Wondering why a search doesn't appear to have even been tried.

My distro has at least two versions of chess available in a package. Both can play computer or other players, in person.

Thanks a lot. However, I'll use it to play chess by mail. What if I go to sleep and turn off the computer? I loose the position. So, the program has to allow saving the game. I had a program like that: chess.exe by Psion. With it you could play against the program but also between two humans. Now I don't have windows installed.

However I do have eboard and Xboard (they come with the slackware distro). I am told these programs allow playing in 2-player mode (human vs human). I have tried but haven't been able to find out the way.