Chess you can walk around.
Sit at a board in a room you chose. Play people near your rating, or an opponent that tells you what it thinks.
Now playing · Morphy vs Duke Karl & Count Isouard · Paris, 1858
Every room lights the same board. Pick the one you would sit in.
Three ways to sit down.
Find a match
Rated games against people near your rating. The window starts at ±200 and widens every 10 seconds until someone sits down.
you8001200160020002400±200 to start · wider every 10s Play the AI
Five opponents from Beginner to Grandmaster. Each one tells you what it was thinking after every move.
- You played O-O
Marco7. Nc3
Coffee first, then castling. That is the correct order, my friend.
Pass and play
Two people, one device. The board turns to face whoever is to move, and either of you can undo.
BlackPlayer 2
WhitePlayer 1
Five opponents, five opinions.
From your first game to your toughest. Each opponent makes its move, then explains the thinking.
- 800
Pip
Beginner · 3 hints
“I nearly moved my queen out there. Glad I did not — your knight looks mean.”
- 1100
Marco
Casual · 3 hints
“Coffee first, then castling. That is the correct order, my friend.”
- 1400
Ada
Intermediate
“Your knight has nowhere to go now. The pin is doing all the work.”
- 1800
Viktor
Advanced
“Your bishop is a spectator. Mine is not.”
- 2300
Kasparova
Grandmaster
“You had one move. That was not it.”