Chess
Play chess against a friendly computer at six levels, from Beginner to Hard. Legal moves are shown, take-backs are allowed, and your game saves itself. No ads, no sign-in.
Your move. Tap a piece to see where it can go.
Play chess against the computer
This is full chess on a standard board: castling on either side, en passant, promotion to any piece, check and checkmate. Tap one of your pieces and its legal moves light up; tap a highlighted square to move. The computer replies in under half a second. Choose White to move first, or Black to play the reply.
The six levels
- Beginner — looks one move ahead and often plays a random move. Good for learning how the pieces move.
- Casual and Club — look two moves ahead and make fewer and fewer careless moves.
- Intermediate — three moves ahead, rarely careless.
- Advanced — three moves ahead and never deliberately careless.
- Hard — four moves ahead and always plays the move it rates best.
Each level keeps its own record of wins, losses and draws on your device. The computer never sees anything you cannot: it plays from the position on the board.
Draws
Stalemate, a position where neither side can checkmate, 75 moves without a capture or pawn move, and a position repeated five times all end the game as a draw automatically. Threefold repetition and the 50-move rule are claims, as in over-the-board chess: when one is available a Claim draw button appears, and the computer may claim one too. These are casual rules; there is no clock and no tournament adjudication.
Tips for beating the computer
- Develop your knights and bishops before moving the same piece twice, and castle early.
- On the lower levels, look for pieces left undefended: the computer sometimes leaves one hanging.
- Trade pieces when you are ahead in material; a simple endgame is easier to win.
Frequently asked questions
Is this chess game free?
Yes — it plays free in your browser with no ads, no sign-in, and nothing to install.
Can I play a friend?
Not in this version; it is you against the computer. For a two-player board game here, try Checkers or Backgammon.
Is there a daily chess puzzle?
Not on the web yet. Chess puzzles and openings practice are in Snackpack Brain Games Vol 3 on Android.
