diff --git a/games/chessx/Makefile b/games/chessx/Makefile
index 3180d8126fe9..20ba8381a736 100644
--- a/games/chessx/Makefile
+++ b/games/chessx/Makefile
@@ -1,48 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	chessx
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.8
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	alexey@pentode.fi
 COMMENT=	Qt 5 chess database application
 WWW=		https://chessx.sourceforge.io/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.md
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang desktop-file-utils gl gmake qmake qt:5 tar:tgz
 USE_GL=		gl
 USE_QT=		concurrent core gui multimedia network opengl printsupport svg \
 		widgets xml buildtools:build linguisttools:build speech
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/chessx \
 		share/applications/chessx.desktop \
 		share/pixmaps/chessx.png \
 		share/metainfo/io.sourceforge.ChessX.metainfo.xml \
 		share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/chessx.png \
 		share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/chessx-32.png \
 		share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/chessx-64.png
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CRAFTY STOCKFISH
 
 CRAFTY_DESC=	Install Crafty Chess Application
 STOCKFISH_DESC=	Install Stockfish Chess Engine
 
 CRAFTY_RUN_DEPENDS=	crafty:games/crafty
 STOCKFISH_RUN_DEPENDS=	stockfish:games/stockfish
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 post-extract:
 	@${MV} ${WRKDIR}/chessx-master ${WRKSRC}
 
-post-patch:
-.if ${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|std::binary_function|std::__binary_function|' \
-		${WRKSRC}/src/database/polyglotdatabase.cpp
-.endif
-
 post-configure:
 	( cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && ${LRELEASE} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.pro )
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/games/chessx/distinfo b/games/chessx/distinfo
index 58d14b1a385f..186b1e1a4b7f 100644
--- a/games/chessx/distinfo
+++ b/games/chessx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1726035877
-SHA256 (chessx-1.6.2.tgz) = bb091d849cb02d6309978fe284c9f1a85c274f35122fe91c6b9c3089a6e20f80
-SIZE (chessx-1.6.2.tgz) = 11024855
+TIMESTAMP = 1769857796
+SHA256 (chessx-1.6.8.tgz) = 14e498bbe0e5cbc12efa38920c6b978c79110e6a216a1708cac678788292df67
+SIZE (chessx-1.6.8.tgz) = 12846948
diff --git a/games/chessx/files/patch-chessx.pro b/games/chessx/files/patch-chessx.pro
index 2e7e4c999dce..6bcc49857985 100644
--- a/games/chessx/files/patch-chessx.pro
+++ b/games/chessx/files/patch-chessx.pro
@@ -1,42 +1,55 @@
---- chessx.pro.orig	2023-05-08 20:22:12 UTC
+--- chessx.pro.orig	2026-01-29 10:50:39 UTC
 +++ chessx.pro
-@@ -67,18 +67,26 @@ unix|!macx {
+@@ -55,18 +55,26 @@ unix|!macx {
      BINDIR = $$PREFIX/bin
      DATADIR = $$PREFIX/share
  
 -    INSTALLS += appdata desktop icons binfiles
 +    INSTALLS += appdata desktop icons32 icons64 icons128 pixmaps binfiles
  
      appdata.files = unix/io.sourceforge.ChessX.metainfo.xml
      appdata.path = $$DATADIR/metainfo
 +
      desktop.files = unix/chessx.desktop
      desktop.path = $$DATADIR/applications
  
 -    icons.path = $$DATADIR/icons/hicolor
 -    icons.commands = install -Dm644 data/images/chessx.png    $${icons.path}/128x128/apps/chessx.png; \
 -                     install -Dm644 data/images/chessx-32.png $${icons.path}/32x32/apps/chessx.png; \
 -                     install -Dm644 data/images/chessx-64.png $${icons.path}/64x64/apps/chessx.png;
 +    icons32.files = data/images/chessx-32.png
 +    icons32.path = $$DATADIR/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
  
 +    icons64.path = $$DATADIR/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
 +    icons64.files = data/images/chessx-64.png
 +
 +    icons128.path = $$DATADIR/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
 +    icons128.files = data/images/chessx.png
 +
 +    pixmaps.path = $$PREFIX/share/pixmaps
 +    pixmaps.files = data/images/chessx.png
 +
      binfiles.files = release/chessx
      binfiles.path = $$BINDIR
- }
-@@ -532,6 +540,7 @@ win32 {
-   INCLUDEPATH += $$[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS]/QtZlib
+ 
+@@ -531,6 +539,7 @@ win32 {
    win32-g++:LIBS += -lz
  }
-+
  
++
  UI_DIR = src/generated
  MOC_DIR = src/generated
+ RCC_DIR = src/generated
+@@ -609,10 +618,10 @@ PRE_TARGETDEPS += compiler_TSQM_make_all
+ PRE_TARGETDEPS += compiler_TSQM_make_all
+ 
+ # Automatically run lupdate when building
+-updateqm.commands = lupdate $$PWD/$$TARGET.pro && lrelease $$PWD/i18n/*.ts
++updateqm.commands = lupdate-qt5 $$PWD/$$TARGET.pro && lrelease $$PWD/i18n/*.ts
+ QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += updateqm
+ 
+-update_translations.commands = lupdate $$PWD -ts $$TRANSLATIONS
++update_translations.commands = lupdate-qt5 $$PWD -ts $$TRANSLATIONS
+ QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += update_translations
+ PRE_TARGETDEPS += update_translations  # Optional: Run before build
+