diff --git a/games-board/gnome-chess/Manifest b/games-board/gnome-chess/Manifest
index 3b7b302547b7a..39d7f16883f98 100644
--- a/games-board/gnome-chess/Manifest
+++ b/games-board/gnome-chess/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST gnome-chess-46.0.tar.xz 782212 BLAKE2B dec141cac14b59b02a3c4e0f10b09e450bf962ff5b688a7cfb31b274e1b92bd0c09a6afa3a32bb21a137114edb349ff3ac7aa88918481374fe2d4baeeca7cef2 SHA512 e605b9750fdc77a0d2b6973f127fb2cf5fadb15080add728c80a8be5ce02035ff6cadb0351751a0612f09632602fe532405d62c68828fd0ec4bf83b9bd11301a
 DIST gnome-chess-47.0.tar.xz 825264 BLAKE2B 6fdbfe37daa437f2220969306ffbf46f7ce6bd53c02a5def4da0a4c7b705ba839299612289d5e5fb8f10624fe7981129b28566c7df5f5eec30e28186620c310c SHA512 3989d22b6b2c9ec9efec35deb4304176e8fe79d87623809bd6a926cf4b77a9ac866d2c059b8d07bda9179632891112124e1b657f930dbaac3e03e9ee6d5da090
+DIST gnome-chess-48.0.tar.xz 826100 BLAKE2B e8e88b5e2b5ba3690a90ca7bc27c1caed4065b9067b12c8e404f021654e8cdeb7beca6f1077f20c068a6097cdc63b1a74355420a329c1e2d1842fcdf46a286d7 SHA512 b3674406bb5cac690fff68b29ddc8063b037711f79c86c86b30e246631daa549ef25ed5c76fd91824a4318137dd339abc4061d2b628a5652dde10b3b6fbeb3a4
diff --git a/games-board/gnome-chess/gnome-chess-48.0.ebuild b/games-board/gnome-chess/gnome-chess-48.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e38f195be9434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-board/gnome-chess/gnome-chess-48.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit gnome.org gnome2-utils meson readme.gentoo-r1 vala xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Play the classic two-player boardgame of chess"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-chess"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~riscv ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.44:2
+	>=gui-libs/gtk-4.14:4
+	>=gui-libs/libadwaita-1.5:1
+	>=gnome-base/librsvg-2.46.0:2
+	x11-libs/pango
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	gnome-base/librsvg:2[vala]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	$(vala_depend)
+	dev-util/itstool
+	dev-libs/appstream-glib
+	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+DOC_CONTENTS="To be able to play against a computer you will need
+to install a chess engine package, for example games-board/gnuchess"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	vala_setup
+	xdg_environment_reset
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+	readme.gentoo_create_doc
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_pkg_postinst
+	gnome2_schemas_update
+	readme.gentoo_print_elog
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_pkg_postrm
+	gnome2_schemas_update
+}