Chess - Play and Learn

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.6
2.37M reviews
50M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this game

Play chess online with over 150 million players from around the world!

Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, șah, šachy, şahmat… no matter the language, no matter the name, it´s known as the best strategy game in the world

Enjoy free unlimited 3d chess games and improve your chess rating with 350,000+ tactics puzzles, more than 10 million chess games a day, interactive lessons and videos, and over 100 powerful computer opponents. Unlock your inner chess master today!

♟ PLAY CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- 2 Player chess mode completely free to enjoy with your friends
- Meet new friends and chat while you play
- Join tournaments with thousands of other players online
- Play games in real-time from one minute per game to 30 minutes or longer
- Play daily correspondence online chess for low-pressure games on your own schedule
- Try all these exciting chess variants in our app: chess960 (Fischer-Random), blitz chess, puzzle rush, bullet chess, puzzle battle or blindfold chess
- Enjoy also other chess variants: 3-check, king of the hill, crazyhouse, doubles (bughouse), fog of war & more…

🧩 CHESS TACTICS & CHESS PUZZLES:
- Enjoy 350,000+ unique puzzles
- Rated mode automatically adjusts to your skill level to help you improve
- Race the clock to beat your high score in Puzzle Rush
- Practice puzzles with specific themes in learning mode (Mate in 1, mate in 2, mate in 3, perpetual check, endgames, pin, fork, skewer, sacrifice, etc.)

📚 CHESS LESSONS:
- Hundreds of quality chess lessons and chess videos made by masters (learn all the chess moves and practice your skills with chess problems)
- Interactive tutorials with tips and recommendations
- Learn all the chess rules and strategies in a step-by-step lesson plan (opening, middlegame, and endgame)

📟 PLAY CHESS ONLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER:
- Choose the level of computer opponent you want to play
- Analyze your chess games to see where you went wrong and how you can improve
- See how high you can go!

🏰 CHESS COMMUNITY:
- Join a community of more than 60 million online chess players
- More than 10 million chess games played each day
- Meet players of all levels, from beginner to grandmaster
- Compete to get your own rating and try to join the best player online chess leaderboards
- Watch the most popular chess superstars with millions of followers. Hikaru, GothamChess, Botez, Magnus and more!

✅ ... and MUCH MORE:
- Play chess games offline against the computer
- Articles by the best authors, coaches, and trainers
- Develop an unbeatable opening repertoire with the opening explorer (Queen´s Gambit, Caro-Kann Defense, Sicilian Defense, etc.)
- Send messages and challenge your friends to a free chess game
- Choose from 20+ board themes, 2D & 3D chess pieces, and backgrounds
- Get in-depth performance stats about your games, puzzles and lessons
- Enjoy the most active community forums anywhere

🎖 Playing chess online has never been so easy!

Chess is the most popular game of all time! And Chess.com is the place to play chess online with your friends and other players from all over the world!

Please share your suggestions and comments with us. Our support team is happy to help you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!

ABOUT CHESS.COM:
Chess.com is created by chess players and people who love ❤️ chess!
Team: http://www.chess.com/about
Updated on
Dec 16, 2024
Available on
Android, Windows
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
2.24M reviews
andor bent
December 2, 2024
Works well, many players at many levels, and many chess variations. Though the rating system is quite harsh, losing it is much easier than gaining it, especially for puzzles, either 100% correct or you did it wrong. Only the best moves are accepted, no 2nd best. However, quite some mistakes are made in the creation, which results in puzzles ending halfway, and multiple and sometimes questionable "correct" outcomes.
4 people found this review helpful
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Chess.com
December 3, 2024
Puzzle rating changes depend on the difficulty of the puzzle in relation to your own rating. As you solve harder puzzles, you'll gain more points! Even if you miss a few puzzles in a row, you'll still be able to quickly earn back those points by continuing to solve more puzzles. Each Puzzle has only one unique best solution!
Pepijn Koorenhof
August 19, 2024
Keeps sending annoying notifications. I have all but challenges turned off, but keeps bugging me for puzzles. I need notifications to know it is my move, so I can't turn them off in the system. Really annoying. That you have to go into a different menu shows that they want to send you notifications whether you want them or not. I will adapt my review when all the toggles are in the same place.
16 people found this review helpful
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Chess.com
August 19, 2024
Hi! You can disable the coach nudges on home screen, by going to More -- Settings -- Home -- and toggle off 'Show Coach Nudge'.
RICHARD MAPIMBIRI
December 7, 2024
Excellent for playing online, offering an enjoyable and engaging experience. However, I've encountered a frustrating issue: if my network connection drops momentarily while playing a game, the app fails to reconnect automatically. The reconnection timer runs down and that means "loss by abandonment ". My friends also complained of encountering the same issue. If possible try to look into that issue.
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Chess.com
December 10, 2024
Thank you for this detailed feedback. We're working on optimizations on our end to prevent any interruptions, and to allow for easier reconnection so that games lost by abandonment are kept to a minimum!

What’s new

Hey, chess-lovers! This new version brings improvements and fixes throughout the app - and some great new features too!

* Level up your Puzzle practice by earning points for every correct move. Keep solving to advance and earn new scoring bonuses!
* Game Review now estimates your rating in that match - and shows how well you played at each stage of the game!
* In Daily Chess, you can now "program" moves to be triggered automatically when your opponent makes a move you expected!

Thank you!