- John Stanback developed the original GNU Chess.
- Matthias Mutz worked on the initial version of GNU Shogi.
- Michael Vanier maintained GNU Shogi up to version 1.3.2.
-- Luis Felipe Strano Moraes is the current maintainer.
+- Luis Felipe Strano Moraes maintained GNU Shogi up to version 1.4.0.
+- Yann Dirson is the current maintainer.