Chess Online

Chess Online is a free chess game you can play anywhere — online against real players, or offline against the computer with no internet connection at all.

Play chess with friends, solve 50,000 chess puzzles, review every game move by move, and climb the global rankings against players from around the world.

🌐 PLAY CHESS ONLINE

Get matched with a real opponent in seconds. Choose your pace — fast blitz chess, 20-second Tempo games, or longer relaxed matches. Chat with your opponent, build a rating, and see how you compare worldwide.

📵 PLAY CHESS OFFLINE — NO INTERNET NEEDED

No connection? No problem. Play chess offline against the computer at the difficulty that suits you, from your very first game to a serious challenge. No matchmaking queue, nothing to wait for, and it works on a plane, on the metro, or anywhere the signal drops.

👥 PLAY CHESS WITH FRIENDS

Add your friends and challenge them whenever you like. Play in real time, or take it slow — friend games allow up to 72 hours per move, so a single game can run for days. Chat while you play.

🧩 50,000 CHESS PUZZLES

Find the best move in 50,000 chess puzzles, plus a fresh daily puzzle every day. Train your tactics, spot combinations, and sharpen the patterns that win games.

📈 REVIEW EVERY GAME

After every match, see your accuracy and every move graded — brilliant, best, mistake or blunder. Find out exactly where the game turned.

🏆 GLOBAL RANKINGS

Compete on the worldwide leaderboard and on your own country's. Win games, climb the table, and see where you really stand.

👀 WATCH LIVE GAMES

Watch other players' games in progress and learn from how they play.

✨ HIGHLIGHTS

Share your most brilliant moves with the community, and browse everyone else's.

🎯 MISSIONS AND REWARDS

Complete missions to earn coins — win under certain conditions, reach milestones, play every day. Keep a daily streak going for bigger rewards.

🎨 AVATARS AND BOARD THEMES

Spend your coins on avatars and board styles and make your profile your own.

♟️ HOW TO PLAY CHESS

Tap a piece and every legal move is highlighted. Tap again to move. Capture your opponent's pieces, protect your own, and win by trapping the enemy king in checkmate — in check, with no legal move left. Standard chess rules throughout, including castling, en passant and pawn promotion.

New to chess? Start offline against the computer on an easy level, work through the puzzles, and move on to online games whenever you feel ready.

FEATURES

• Play chess online against real players

• Play chess offline vs computer — no internet needed

• Chess with friends, up to 72 hours per move

• Blitz, tempo and longer time controls

• 50,000 chess puzzles and a new daily puzzle

• Game review with accuracy and move grades

• Global and country chess rankings

• Watch live games in progress

• Missions, coins, avatars and board themes

• In-game chat

• Available in 12 languages

Free to play. Download Chess Online and start your first game in seconds.