Play Chess Online Free
Challenge a friend on the same screen. Full chess rules 鈥?castling, en passant and promotion included.
Click a piece to see its legal moves, then click a highlighted square to move. Auto-promotes to queen.
How to Play Chess
Chess is the world's most famous strategy game. Two players take turns moving pieces to checkmate the opponent's king. This board supports the full set of official moves:
- Pawns move forward and capture diagonally, including en passant.
- Castling kingside and queenside is supported.
- Pawns reaching the last rank auto-promote to a queen.
- Check, checkmate and stalemate are detected automatically.
Play chess online free with a friend right here 鈥?white moves first, no download or account needed.