Kami Chess

Check the download

SHA-256:

45985a8f5d132d393ab1d593b86ec80e23c042581a334ddad1fa05779d4d50ff

Or save the checksum file in the same folder and run:

shasum -a 256 -c kami-chess-1.6.2-macos-universal.zip.sha256

kami-chess-1.6.2-macos-universal.zip: OK

Start

1. Open the zip in Finder if your browser has not unpacked it already (Safari does). It makes the folder kami-chess-1.6.2 with the Kami Chess app in it.
2. Double-click Kami Chess. To keep it, drag it to your Applications folder first.
3. Kami Chess is signed and notarised by Apple, so the first time you open a new version macOS asks whether you are sure you want to open an app downloaded from the Internet. Check that it names Kami Chess and click Open, once.
4. Nothing else is installed. The board and pieces are inside the app; move the app to the Trash to remove the game.

To play the computer, click Menu and choose the side it plays under Play against. To start a game with the computer already chosen, with you as white:

open -a "Kami Chess" --args --opponent black

README.txt in the folder lists every option.

What it needs

• macOS 11 Big Sur or newer on a Mac with Apple silicon, or macOS 10.15 Catalina or newer on a Mac with an Intel processor. The app runs natively on both.
• Nothing else: OpenGL is part of macOS.

Check the download

SHA-256:

5a27a760ee814e3fef2a526b1204eabcc11b31c8381cd0853b5cddbaceec8724

Or save the checksum file in the same folder and run:

Get-FileHash kami-chess-1.6.2-windows-x86_64.zip -Algorithm SHA256

It prints the Hash in capitals; compare it with the SHA-256 above.

Start

1. Right-click the zip and choose Extract All.
2. Open the folder kami-chess-1.6.2-windows-x86_64 it made, then the folder kami-chess-1.6.2 inside it, and double-click kami-chess.exe.
3. Kami Chess is not signed, so Microsoft Defender SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, check that it names kami-chess.exe, then click Run anyway.
4. On Windows 11 with Smart App Control turned on, Windows blocks unsigned apps and there is no way to allow a single one, so Kami Chess will not start on such a computer.
5. Nothing is installed. Keep the folder together; delete it to remove the game.

To play the computer, click Menu and choose the side it plays under Play against. To start a game with the computer already chosen, with you as white:

kami-chess.exe --opponent black

README.txt in the folder lists every option.

What it needs

• Windows 10 version 1903 or newer, or Windows 11, 64-bit (x64).
• Graphics with an OpenGL 3.3 driver, which the graphics card maker’s driver installs (NVIDIA, AMD or Intel).

Check the download

SHA-256:

a7057dfaf33f2ea495e1ff6404a7e19dc205387698be6a6442845aaa7b11c766

Or save the checksum file in the same folder and run:

sha256sum -c kami-chess-1.6.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256

kami-chess-1.6.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: OK

Start

1. Unpack the archive anywhere and run the program from the folder it made.
2. That is all it needs: nothing is installed. Keep the folder together; delete it to remove the game.

tar -xzf kami-chess-1.6.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
./kami-chess-1.6.2/kami-chess

./kami-chess-1.6.2/install.sh

~/.local/share/kami-chess/uninstall.sh

To play the computer, click Menu and choose the side it plays under Play against. To start a game with the computer already chosen, with you as white:

./kami-chess-1.6.2/kami-chess --opponent black

README.txt in the folder lists every option.

What it needs

• 64-bit Linux on x86-64 with glibc 2.38 or newer (for example Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13, Fedora 39 or later).
• A desktop session, X11 or Wayland.
• OpenGL 3.3 graphics with the GLVND libraries libOpenGL.so.0 and libEGL.so.1, which current graphics drivers install (on Debian and Ubuntu the packages libopengl0 and libegl1).

Google Play has version 1.5.0: play a friend on one device or the computer. It does not play online yet. The APK below is version 1.6.2 and plays online.

Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC.

Or install the APK from this site

Check the download

SHA-256:

db5dea3deb3f4f278a3002ddbcf1dc3ac19eaf4e6f31ad28c7b3066354b4b0ae

A phone cannot check a download itself. Copy the file and the checksum file to a computer, put them in the same folder and run:

sha256sum -c kami-chess-1.6.2-android-arm64.apk.sha256

kami-chess-1.6.2-android-arm64.apk: OK. On a Mac, shasum -a 256 -c reads the same file.

Start

1. Download the file and open it, from the browser’s downloads or from the Files app.
2. Android asks whether to allow installing unknown apps from that source. It is the browser (or the Files app) being allowed, not Kami Chess: look for a switch along the lines of "Allow from this source". You can turn it off again afterwards and the game stays installed.
3. Play Protect flags every app that did not come from Google Play, this one included. Look for the way past it — "More details", then "Install anyway".
4. Install, then Open. To remove the game, uninstall it like any other app; nothing is left behind.

Published beside the download: README.txt and THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.

What it needs

• Android 7.0 (Nougat) or newer.
• A 64-bit ARM device (arm64-v8a), which is every phone and tablet sold for years.
• A device with a 32-bit or an Intel processor cannot install this file.
• OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics, which those devices have.