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ChessBase Plugin

Keep your ChessBase. Borrow our servers.

Install one plugin and Chessify's cloud engines appear in ChessBase as ordinary UCI engines — same board, same workflow, up to 1024 threads behind it. Works with SCID and other UCI front-ends too.

Download the pluginSee the setup steps
Windows
.msi installer
ChessBase & SCID
plus other UCI GUIs
Free plugin
pay only for server time

Four stages, once each.

Setup takes about five minutes. After that you're renting servers straight from the ChessBase board.

Stage 1 of 4

Stage 1

Install the plugin and add the engines to ChessBase

  1. 01Download the plugin from the button at the top of this page.
  2. 02Accept the terms of use and let the installer run.
  3. 03Open a board in ChessBase.
  4. 04From the Home section, choose "Create UCI engine".
  5. 05Click the three dots in the top right corner.
  6. 06In the window that opens, go to your Documents folder.
  7. 07Pick one of the Chessify engines — for example Chessify Cloud Stockfish.
  8. 08Repeat steps 4 to 7 for each additional engine.

Repeat steps 4–7 once for every engine you plan to use.

  • Troubleshooting

    Engine not in the list?

    The installer puts the engine files in your Documents folder. In "Create UCI engine", open the three-dot browser and point it there.

  • Also worth reading

    Cloud engines on the website

    The same servers, driven from the Chessify board in your browser.

    Read the guide

  • Still stuck

    Ask us directly

    Write to support@chessify.me or join the Discord — we usually reply within a few hours.

    Email support

Five minutes to a faster board.

The plugin is free. You only pay for the server time you actually rent.

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