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Chess

YOUR NEXT LITTLE OBSESSION

Every rule. Three computers. Fewest moves to mate.

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A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION

Community leaderboard

Best fewest moves to mate, shared by players. Lower is better. Equal scores are ranked by fastest clear time.

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A LITTLE ABOUT THE GAME

Every rule. Three computers. Fewest moves to mate.

Play classic chess with every rule: castling, en passant, promotion, and draws by stalemate, repetition, the fifty-move rule or too little material, all called for you. Pick a piece to see where it can go, then tap the square, or drag it there. Take on the computer at Easy, Normal or Hard, or play a friend on the same screen. The computer plays at the same strength on every device, looking a fixed number of moves ahead. Each level has a Plocky leaderboard for the fewest moves to checkmate it as White, with the time on your own turns breaking ties. Take-backs, games as Black and games with a friend are practice.

Classic chess with every FIDE ruleEasy, Normal and Hard computersPass-and-play with a friendFewest-moves-to-mate leaderboardsTap, drag or keyboard

Progress and preferences stay in this browser. Opening the game in another browser or device starts fresh.

How to play

Click / tap
Pick a piece, then its square (or drag it)
Arrows, Enter
Move the cursor, pick and place
Esc
Let go of the picked piece
U, Ctrl+Z
Take back (practice)
N
New game

Tap a piece to see where it can go, then tap the square, or drag the piece there.

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