Houdini, Stockfish, Firebird for starters in free chess engines.
Next time describe your PC and OS that can't hurt and might help. Being cheap is OK but lazy has its limitations - you can look up a lot of this stuff with minimal search engine skills - trust me on this one. Even searching the forums here for similar questions is often helpful
You can also download Winboard, Arena and other free chess programs to run the engines in - they need a GUI if you don't already have Fritz or some other chess program or DB.
http://www.zfchess.com/engines.html
http://winboard.en.softonic.com/ www.cln.org/searching_faqs.html
http://www.playwitharena.com/?Download
hey guys, just a quick one - are there any decent chess engines available to download for free (legally) online? if so, what's your recommendation?
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