hoichess software package provides xboard compatible chess engine to play chess with, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install hoichess
hoichess is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hoichess package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hoichess *
You will get with hoichess package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Games |
| Package | hoichess |
| Version | 0.19.0-5+b1 |
| Description | xboard compatible chess engine to play chess with |
| Sub Section | Games |