How to play chess online for free?
We tried to make the user interface clean and playing the game as intuitive 💴 as possible. Below you can see a short description of user interface, controls and their functions.
Homepage
Homepage is divided into the 💴 following parts:
the chessboard – on the chessboard you can see randomly chosen live game the games offer list – on 💴 the right from the chessboard, there is the list of games which the players join or to which they can 💴 also publish their own game offer by using the button Create game control buttons PLAY NOW – after clicking this 💴 button, a game from the games offer list is randomly chosen. In case there is no game offer available, the 💴 system creates and publishes the game offer for the user.
– after clicking this button, a game from the games offer 💴 list is randomly chosen. In case there is no game offer available, the system creates and publishes the game offer 💴 for the user. Invite a friend – this serves for inviting friends via e-mail or social networks. It is possible 💴 to choose between standard variant or chess 960 (Fischer random chess), whether the game will be timed and what the 💴 tempo will be, color of the pieces and whether the game will be rated or not (rated game influences the 💴 rating of the user. Please note, that rated games can be played only by registered users. After setting the parameters 💴 by clicking the button Create game a menu with unique link to the game will appear, and the first person 💴 to visit this link will play the game against you.
– this serves for inviting friends via e-mail or social networks. 💴 It is possible to choose between standard variant or chess 960 (Fischer random chess), whether the game will be timed 💴 and what the tempo will be, color of the pieces and whether the game will be rated or not (rated 💴 game influences the rating of the user. Please note, that rated games can be played only by registered users. After 💴 setting the parameters by clicking the button Create game a menu with unique link to the game will appear, and 💴 the first person to visit this link will play the game against you. Create game – once the game parameters 💴 are chosen (these are the same as in Invite a friend) the game offer will be published in games offer 💴 list and other users of the page will be able to accept the challenge by clicking the corresponding game offer.
– 💴 once the game parameters are chosen (these are the same as in Invite a friend) the game offer will be 💴 published in games offer list and other users of the page will be able to accept the challenge by clicking 💴 the corresponding game offer. Play against computer – in case you do not want to play against human opponent, you 💴 have the option to play chess against computer. In addition to the settings described earlier (e.g. piece color, game clocks 💴 etc.) there is one more setting which allows you to choose from 8 predefined levels of AI strength (1 being 💴 the easiest, 8 the hardest). announcement area (or the event ticker) – above the control buttons, there is a stripe 💴 in which various information (e.g. challenges from other users, draw offers etc.) is displayed to the user.
The chess game
The page 💴 with the chess game itself is divided similarly:
the chessboard with the game the block with game info (game clock, captured 💴 pieces, chat, scoresheet etc.) buttons with in-game commands Resign – by clicking this button you resign your game
– by clicking 💴 this button you resign your game Draw – with this button you can offer your opponent a draw, accept a 💴 draw offer from your opponent or claim a draw (e.g. on threefold repetition rule)
– with this button you can offer 💴 your opponent a draw, accept a draw offer from your opponent or claim a draw (e.g. on threefold repetition rule) 💴 Cancel – the game can be cancelled if both players did not make their move yet
– the game can be 💴 cancelled if both players did not make their move yet Undo – here you can ask your opponent to take 💴 back your move
– here you can ask your opponent to take back your move More time – adds 10 seconds 💴 to your opponent’s clock
– adds 10 seconds to your opponent’s clock Hint – when playing against computer, you can ask 💴 for a hint announcement area (or the event ticker) – above the buttons with in-game commands, various information is displayed 💴 to the user (e.g. draw offer etc.).
All important functions are free and do not require registration. Registration is free and 💴 brings advantages such as the possibility to earn rating points, to save the games in user’s profile or advanced appearance 💴 settings.
