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.

      you
      8001200160020002400
      ±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

      A board that turns to face whoever is to move

      WhitePlayer 1

    Five opponents, five opinions.

    Every AI game comes with a voice. They pick their move, then tell you what they think of yours.

    • Pip

      Beginner · 800

      3 hints

      I nearly moved my queen out there. Glad I did not — your knight looks mean.

    • Marco

      Casual · 1100

      3 hints

      Coffee first, then castling. That is the correct order, my friend.

    • Ada

      Intermediate · 1400

      Your knight has nowhere to go now. The pin is doing all the work.

    • Viktor

      Advanced · 1800

      Your bishop is a spectator. Mine is not.

    • Kasparova

      Grandmaster · 2300

      You had one move. That was not it.

    Games in progress.

    Castle

    An online chess club with rooms you can sit in. Free, and it runs in your browser.

    Pieces
    Chess pieces by Jarlan Perez via Poly Pizza — CC BY 3.0. Licence
    Rooms
    HDRI lighting from Poly Haven, released under CC0.
    Engine
    Stockfish, licensed under the GPL v3. It runs in your browser, not on a server.